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    concussion is a serious injury that happens to many football players. It is estimated that there are 1.5 million high school football players in America today (Slattery 1). Of the 300‚000 sports related concussions reported annually‚ 83% are suffered by football players (Scoggins 1). Sadly‚ since 1968‚ eighty nine high school football players have died after suffering a concussion (Nowinski 49). Players also can suffer long term negative effects from a concussion including

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    Waking up the day after sustaining a concussion is probably one of the weirdest feelings I have ever had to experience. For the next two weeks‚ I felt like I was in a cloud. After sustaining four concussions myself‚ I have experienced the powerful effects that concussions have on our body first hand. My senior year of high school I sustained a concussion that ended my football career. This is the reason I chose to compare the different styles of research between peer reviewed journals and popular

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    Concussions in High School Sports When stepping between the lines during a sporting event‚ athletes of all ages risk injury for the sake of enjoyment. Annually‚ 6.9 million high school athletes are at risk of serious brain damage while competing in athletics (Comstock). Even though many athletes go through high school athletics without ever suffering a concussion‚ the statistics are staggering. Of the 4‚431 injuries reported in 2005-2006 season‚ 396 or 8.9% of those injuries were concussions

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    Concussions Athletes are risking their lives for the sport they love. Unfortunately many do not realize the negative effects concussions and other head injuries have on their brains. Individual and team sports were invented out of a love for competition. These games however with the evolution of the players becoming bigger‚ stronger and faster makes the sport is less like a game and more like war. It is only now that we have begun to realize the severity of concussions and the effect they have

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    Keland Carter College Writing II Mike Pitoniak 3-24-13 Concussions in the NFL When watching a football everyone looks out for the “Big Hit” but what people don’t look out for is the after math of these so called big hits‚ which a lot of the time leads to concussions. These concussions are becoming much more severe and there is a lot of concern about the safety of players who attain multiple concussions‚ not because of the immediate problems it might bring but the future toll that

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    Concussions are no joking matter; consequently‚ if it serious enough‚ the symptoms can stick around you for a lifetime (“Concussions and Football”). A concussions is a severe blow to the head and results in rapid movement of the brain inside the skull (Concussion and Football). Concussions occur all the time during sports and have a huge toll on football players. Nearly 47% of high school concussions occur during football (Big plays‚ big injuries). They can be the worst type of injury if serious

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    of the computer based concussion evaluation software known as ImPact. Utilizing the software for both baseline testing (prior to any known head trauma) and post injury at set times following injury‚ the software is evaluated for the reliability to test concussion symptoms and recovery. McCrory‚ P.‚ Meeuwisse‚ W.‚ Johnston‚ K.‚ Dvorak‚ J.‚ Aubry‚ M.‚ Molloy‚ M.‚ & Cantu‚ R. (2009). Consensus statement on Concussion in Sport–the 3rd International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich

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    Impact of Concussions on Adolescents The sport of soccer has recently received a lot of press and not for a good reason. What we thought was just a simple bump on the head‚ now more likely develops into chronic issues such as dizziness‚ memory loss‚ headache and possibly brain bleeding. Concussions now more than ever are affecting children at younger ages because of negligence and not teaching children the proper ways to handle balls. I personally experienced concussions and there are ways they

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    more than 3 million cases of concussions per year. Concussion can happen to anyone in any sport. A concussion is a jolt in your head causing the brain to move in your skull. Concussions are most common in the youth population. Although many people think that sports should have fewer rules towards injuries received to the head and neck‚ it is better to have more rules because it could lead to a better concussion protocol‚ could lead to a better understanding of concussions and there symptoms‚ and change

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    Concussions have forever changed sports‚ and continue to this day. Nationally there are 1.6 to 3.8 million concussions every year‚ and the chances of receiving a second concussion are twice as likely to occur. A concussion is a complex mental process that affects the brain‚ typically induced by trauma to the brain. Concussions happen when the brain moves rapidly inside the head after receiving a bump or blow to the head. Research continues on prevention‚ but nothing good has come of it so far. I

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