Category: Health Watch
‘The leading edge of a much larger iceberg’: New Jersey high school disbands football team
WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. — The nationwide forces that are beginning to uproot football have collided at a place called High School North. Population shifts, concussions, sport specialization and cost — among the same issues that have caused youth football...
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April 20, 2005 — U.S.-style football sends more athletes to emergency rooms for neck injuries than ice hockey or soccer, according to a new study.
From the WebMD Archives April 20, 2005 -- U.S.-style football sends more athletes to emergency rooms for neck injuries than ice hockey or soccer, according to a new study. In the British Journal of Sports Medicine, Canadian researchers tallied...
NFL Making Sense of the Recent Neck and Spine Injuries Throughout the NFL Dave Siebert, M.D.
Seth Wenig/Associated Press The fact that the NFL remains an inherently violent league comes as a surprise to no one, but the recent apparent spike in neck and cervical spine injuries is hard to ignore. Peyton Manning's recent battle with...
Article on the z7 Neck Brace Why every athlete should have it? Written by Michael T Houston, Edited by Katherine Paris
Over the years, throughout the world of sports there have been many improvements with equipment. Thanks to advanced technology, the safety of our athletes continues to improve. When it comes to contact sports the highest fatality rate comes from concussions,...
N.F.L. Reports a Decline in Concussions This Season By KEN BELSONJAN. 26, 2017
The N.F.L. said Thursday that the number of concussions had fallen 11.3 percent this season, compared with last season’s record high, as more players reported suspected head injuries and medical spotters at games pulled more athletes aside for examination. The...
What have we learned from 500 concussions in 3 years of college football?
In two of the last three seasons, almost half the major college football programs didn’t publicly report a concussion December 30, 2015 1:15PM ET Updated December 31, 2015 12:15PM ET by Timothy Bella @TimBella In March 2016, check out Timothy...
Unreported concussion in high school football players: implications for prevention. McCrea M1, Hammeke T, Olsen G, Leo P, Guskiewicz K.
Abstract OBJECTIVE: To investigate the frequency of unreported concussion and estimate more accurately the overall rate of concussion in high school football players. DESIGN: Retrospective, confidential survey completed by all subjects at the end of the football season. SETTING AND...
More than 100 diagnosed concussions left out of NFL studies, per report
The NFL omitted concussion cases when it downplayed the effects of head injuries on players based on studies conducted from 1996 through 2001, according to a report by The New York Times. More than 100 diagnosed concussions were left out...