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Symptoms from repeated intentional and unintentional head impact in soccer players
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- Apr, 17, 2018
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Symptoms from repeated intentional and unintentional head impact in soccer players Walter F. Stewart, Namhee Kim, Chloe S. Ifrah, Richard B. Lipton, Tamar A. Bachrach, Molly E. Zimmerman, Mimi Kim and Michael L. Lipton First published February 1, 2017, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000003657 Abstract Objective: To determine the rate and differential contribution of heading vs unintentional head […]
Continue ReadingPlaying Tackle Football Before 12 Is Tied to Brain Problems Later
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- Oct, 10, 2017
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Athletes who began playing tackle football before the age of 12 had more behavioral and cognitive problems later in life than those who started playing after they turned 12, a new study released on Tuesday showed. The findings, from a long-term study conducted by researchers at Boston University, are likely to add to the debate […]
Continue ReadingProspective, Head-to-Head Study of Three Computerized Neurocognitive Assessment Tools (CNTs): Reliability and Validity for the Assessment of Sport-Related Concussion
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Lindsay D. Nelson,1 Ashley A. LaRoche,1 Adam Y. Pfaller,1 E. Brooke Lerner,1 Thomas A. Hammeke,1,2 Christopher Randolph,3 William B. Barr,4 Kevin Guskiewicz,5 AND Michael A. McCrea1,2 Limited data exist comparing the performance of computerized neurocognitive tests (CNTs) for assessing sport-related concussion. We evaluated the reliability and validity of three CNTs—ANAM, Axon Sports/Cogstate Sport, and ImPACT—in […]
Continue ReadingAcute Effects and Recovery Time Following Concussion in Collegiate Football Players: The NCAA Concussion Study
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Studies in basic neuroscience have demonstrated that mild traumatic brain injury (concussion) is followed by a complex cascade of ionic, metabolic, and physiological events that can adversely affect cerebral function for several days to weeks. This NCAA concussion study investigates the immediate effects and natural recovery course relating to symptoms, cognitive functioning, and postural stability […]
Continue ReadingAn Alternative to the Balance Error Scoring System: Using a Low-Cost Balance Board to Improve the Validity/ Reliability of Sports-Related Concussion Balance Testing
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Jasper O. Chang, MA, ATC, Susan S. Levy, PhD, Seth W. Seay, BSc, and Daniel J. Goble, PhD Objective: Recent guidelines advocate sports medicine professionals to use balance tests to assess sensorimotor status in the management of concussions. The present study sought to determine whether a low-cost balance board could provide a valid, reliable, and […]
Continue ReadingAbstract:Predictors of postconcussion syndrome after sports-related concussion in young athletes: a matched case-control study
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Clinical Article Predictors of postconcussion syndrome after sports-related concussion? in young athletes: a matched case-control study Clinton D. Morgan, BA1, Scott L. Zuckerman, MD1, Young M. Lee, BSPH1, Lauren King, MSN2, Susan Beaird, DNP2, Allen K. Sills, MD1, and Gary S. Solomon, PhD1 1Department of Neurological Surgery, Vanderbilt Sports Concussion? Center, and 2Division of Pediatric […]
Continue ReadingConflicts of Interest in Recommendations to Use Computerized Neuropsychological Tests to Manage Concussion in Professional Football Codes
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Abstract Neuroscience research has improved our understanding of the long term consequences of sports-related concussion?, but ethical issues related to the prevention and management of concussion? are an underdeveloped area of inquiry. This article exposes several examples of conflicts of interest that have arisen and been tolerated in the management of concussion? in sport (particularly […]
Continue ReadingEffect of Concussion on Balance Using Force Plate Technology
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Powerpoint presentation written and presented by Stephanie Aldret DO for VCOM Research Appreciation Day 2012. 025-vcom-rad-presentation-2012-aldret-isobalance
Continue ReadingForce Plate Measurement of Postural Control in Division I College Football Players
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In 2005, a Division I Football Player at La Salle University sustained a concussion during a practice. He was cleared by the medical staff to return to play two weeks later. In a game more than a month after his first concussion he sustained a second concussion. Rather than the reported mild symptoms experienced during […]
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