Essay On Concussions In Sports
Can Post-Concussions Affect an Athlete’s Athletic Performance?
In recent years, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury simply known as form of a concussion has been on a rise in high school and collegiate athletes. Approximately, 300 000 Americans report a sports related concussion every year.1 Despite the large numbers of student athletes getting concussed, the recovery period is the most crucial phase of getting back to our “normal”. It is unfortunate to see many student athletes lying about their subjective symptoms (headaches, depression, fatigue, anxiety, drowsiness) in order to return-to-play more promptly. (S.Sigurdardottir et al.). It has been shown that in Oslo, Norway people who had mild traumatic brain injury was likely to encounter the subjective symptoms after 3 months of recovery by 24-40% and after a year 10-20% may have had the same symptoms. According to International …show more content…
137 of the 396 concussions reported happened during practice and the remaining 259 occurred during competition (Gessel,L. M., Fields, S. K., Collins, C. L., Dick, R. W., & Comstock, R.). The numbers for student athletes getting concussed is very high all around the world especially those playing football, rugby, soccer, ice hockey, boxing and any other contact sport(Covassin, T., Stearne, D., & Elbin III, R.). As a student athlete, conducting a research paper on how high school and collegiate athletes respond to a post-concussion will determine whether or not if their athletic performance is unchanged. The hypothesis for the question “Can Post-Concussions Affect Student Athlete’s Athletic Performance?” is that a student athlete who is concussed will be very likely to become disheartened and when they return to play; they won’t perform the same prior to the concussion due to the fear of getting hit
In recent years, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury simply known as form of a concussion has been on a rise in high school and collegiate athletes. Approximately, 300 000 Americans report a sports related concussion every year.1 Despite the large numbers of student athletes getting concussed, the recovery period is the most crucial phase of getting back to our “normal”. It is unfortunate to see many student athletes lying about their subjective symptoms (headaches, depression, fatigue, anxiety, drowsiness) in order to return-to-play more promptly. (S.Sigurdardottir et al.). It has been shown that in Oslo, Norway people who had mild traumatic brain injury was likely to encounter the subjective symptoms after 3 months of recovery by 24-40% and after a year 10-20% may have had the same symptoms. According to International …show more content…
137 of the 396 concussions reported happened during practice and the remaining 259 occurred during competition (Gessel,L. M., Fields, S. K., Collins, C. L., Dick, R. W., & Comstock, R.). The numbers for student athletes getting concussed is very high all around the world especially those playing football, rugby, soccer, ice hockey, boxing and any other contact sport(Covassin, T., Stearne, D., & Elbin III, R.). As a student athlete, conducting a research paper on how high school and collegiate athletes respond to a post-concussion will determine whether or not if their athletic performance is unchanged. The hypothesis for the question “Can Post-Concussions Affect Student Athlete’s Athletic Performance?” is that a student athlete who is concussed will be very likely to become disheartened and when they return to play; they won’t perform the same prior to the concussion due to the fear of getting hit