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Further, the center's follow-up study in 2005 associated both brain impairment and Alzheimer's disease with retired NFL players who had histories of concussions. [22] A 2004 doctoral dissertation by Don Brady examined NFL Players' knowledge of concussions, studying both active and retired National Football League Players' knowledge of concussions.
While much attention in the NFL has focused on limiting or treating concussions, the latest medical research indicates that the brain damage in CTE is caused by the cumulative impact of all collisions involving a player's head, [3] [4] which confirms what was generally known nearly a century ago but was then largely forgotten. [5]
In 2012, some four thousand former NFL players "joined civil lawsuits against the League, seeking damages over the League's failure to protect players from concussions, according to Judy Battista of the [New York] Times." [36] In 2013 the NFL settled with a class-action lawsuit. The NFL supposedly hid the long-term effects of concussions.
While the number of concussions suffered on kickoffs in 2024 matched the eight suffered in 2023, per NFL.com's Judy Battista, that number remained stagnant amid a 57% increase in kickoff returns.
In announcing injury data for the 2024 season Thursday, the NFL said that concussions had decreased to a "historic low" as helmet safety continued to rise. Concussions were down 17 percent from ...
"Power concedes nothing without a demand; it never has and it never will." -- Frederick Douglass Football is a dangerous sport, with inherent health risks. When players suit up, put on helmets ...
NFL players suffered the fewest concussions in a season in 2024 since the league began tracking data nine years ago. The total decline from 2023 was 17%, including all practices and games in both the preseason and regular season. League executive Jeff Miller and NFL chief medical officer Dr. Allen Sills cited several reasons for the drop-off.
The most common types of injuries are strains, sprains, bruises, fractures, dislocations, and concussions. [1] According to the NFL Physicians Society, the most common injuries in football are "concussions, blunt injuries to the chest such as cardiac contusions, pulmonary contusions, broken ribs, abdominal injuries, splenic lacerations and ...