Do Athletes With Multiple Head Traumas Have Higher Incidence Of Cognitive Impairment?

Could numerous head injuries such as concussions or lesions to the head lead to mental disabilities like mental retardation schizophrenia and other behavioral disorders? Although schizophrenia has many other underlying causes that may be unknown by some psychologist that are still trying to further understand this disease. But could it be that a concussion may cause an increased risk to athletes in high contact sports such as hockey rugby and football?

Research shows that half of the admitted patients in emergency centers experience complications several months, even years, after the initial injury (“Psychological Sequelae: Postconcussion, Frontal and Temporal Lobe Syndromes”. 2012.). In some cases, patients complain of periodic headaches for up to a year, depression, and comprehension issues. Rather than allowing for athletes to return to physical activity after two to three weeks, they need in-depth evaluations of their brains and tests ran to ensure their brain is functioning

The participants that was selected for this research were athletes that were practicing and competing during the 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 academic school year. A total of fifty seven concussed college athletes were selected from five northeastern universities active in basketball, soccer, lacrosse, baseball, football, wrestling, gymnastics, softball, volleyball, and cheerleading. From the fifty seven collegiate that were selected 36 of them did not have any history while 21 of the athletes have two or more history of concussion. This study did not include athletes with a history of one concussion due to the fact that their sample size provided inadequate data.

Concussions can have severe effects on an athlete. They can lead depression, memory loss, and event death. However, with growing research, it is possible to take preventative measures, identify the likelihood of a concussion and engage in treatment. Undiagnosed concussions can lead to more severe injuries and athletes should be concerned about, aware of them and treat them. With new technology, greater awareness, and growing acceptance that concern should be less on winning a game than preventing and treating a concussion, it is possible that one day, concussions may be a rare thing of the

In America, the sports industry is one of the largest and most powerful country; whether the sport is football, baseball, basketball, or any of the other sports the country has. Recently reports and documented cases have risen involving some of these sports’ greatest athletes, as well as current players, dealing with concussions (Famous sports concussions, 2012). Numerous athletes, some of them being the sport’s highest profile players, were found to have several mental illnesses and diseases, that have been attributed to head injuries sustained while they were playing their sports. The biggest and most predominant of these injuries is concussions. They can cause not only immediate issues, but also a lifetime of health

Concussions are currently one of the most debated, studied and controversial subjects among all levels of athletics. This dangerous brain condition has only been properly studied and monitored for a brief period of time, and until recently, the dangerous side effects of concussions were not among the public eye. Issues such as dementia, migraines and depression are among the issues that those who suffer concussions are at risk for. Looking into the culture of athletics, the mindset that is driven into young athletes from an early age all the way throughout their entire athletic career, no matter the level, to see if there is a correlation between the values that they are taught and their history of possible concussions and concussion

Especially because “the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that in the US only 50,000-300,000 contact sports athletes sustain a concussion during the course of a single year” (De Beaumont et. al. 631). The study examined at total of 51 active university football players. They were divided into three investigational groups a multi-concussed group, a single-concussed group, and a non-concussed group. Each group was given a standardized concussion history form to determine comprehensive information about their previous concussions (De Beaumont et. al. 634). De Beaumont and the other authors mention that the multi-concussed group experiences a vast amount of concussions that involved either anterograde amnesia or retrograde amnesia compared to the single concussed group (634). The players in this study also participated in a questionnaire that asked them to “rate themselves on a scaled from 0 (no symptom) to 6 (severe symptom) on a series of 19 post-concussion symptoms for a total possible score of 114” (De Beaumont et. al. 636). After this questionnaire was completed De Beaumont and the others noted that not one of the players have

Overall, this article explores the connection between youth concussions and long term degeneration of cognition and motor skills. Athletes who were concussed as late-teens have a high rate of Alzheimer’s and cognition impairments, as early as 30 years after the concussion. Two groups were compared, one who had sustained concussions at this late teen stage, and those who had never been concussed. Various neurological tests were conducted such as the Mini-Mental State Examination, and the Rey-Osterreith Complex Rigure Test, along with a test for motor skills. The MMSE test found no substantial differences between the two groups. However, the concussed group scored lower on the RCFT test, and a lower response time in the motor skills test. They

Football brain injuries are somewhat common and people are more aware of the types of damage it can cause to the brain. A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury. It can occur after an impact to the head or after a whiplash-type injury that causes the head and brain to shake quickly back and forth. Concussions are usually not life-threatening, but they can cause serious symptoms that require medical treatment. Concussions are traumatic injuries that result in an altered mental state that may include becoming unconscious. It disrupts the normal functioning of the brain. Anyone can become injured during a fall, car accident, or any other daily activity. If people participate in impact sports such as football or boxing, they have an increased risk of getting a concussion. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that in 2010 approximately 2.5 million people in the United States visited the hospital with traumatic brain injuries. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is the term used to describe brain degeneration likely caused by repeated head traumas. It is a condition of brain damage which persists over a period of years or decades and which is the result of traumatic impacts to the brain. CTE is diagnosed only by an autopsy by studying sections of the brain. It is a very rare condition.

When I think of Brain related injuries in sports my mind automatically gravitates towards football. As for most Americans that's the case the hard-hitting contact sport is a household name the NFL (National football league). In actuality concussions are very common in every sport such as MLB, NBA, NHL, Boxing, UFC and the lost goes on. Unfortunately up until recently most sports did not see the negative long-term side effects that concussions can leave on the human brain. One of the more recent things that has spiked tremendous interest in concussions is seeing the long term affects itcan leave on the

Once flippantly referred to as having one’s bell rung, mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) or concussions are no innocuous contusions. Annually in the United States, approximately 1.7 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury that is confirmed through diagnosis. Of these, roughly 75% are categorized as mTBIs or concussions, although the total number of concussions may be slighted considering 81-92% of these injuries do not result in loss of consciousness. Recent controversy concerning professional athletes and their mental health has brought to light evidence that concussions may cause severely deleterious effects on a person’s wellness in later life. This poses the question, to

Recurrent concussions can lead to late life cognitive Impairment In retired professional football players. 50,000 head injuries result in death each year and most injuries are classified as mild traumatic. Traumatic Brain Injuries have been classified as significant, emotional, and functional disabilities. This study wanted to show if recurrent concussions lead to neurodegenerative dementing disorders, Parkinson's, Alzheimer’s, and psychiatric disorders such as depression. The patients in this study played at least 2 years of professional football but their age group varies from recent professional players to professional players before World War ll.

Sports-related activities pose a huge risk to individuals, particularly if there are concussions or brain injuries. Denke (2008) suggests that sports concussions are a consequence of repeated head traumas which can have a severe impact on the overall performance of an individual’s body. In most cases, athletes (boxers, football, hockey, basketball players, etc.) are the most vulnerable to concussions. With this in mind, some of the severe effects of concussions can result in permanent damages that will hinder the person from functioning well. The effects of this sport-related injury are evident on the physical, mental, emotional and social spheres but the focus of this essay will be on the long-term effects of sports concussion on the

The movie Concussion demonstrated increased awareness of the risks associated with contact sports. It was not uncommon to hear that a player got their “bell rung” in the early days. Known as the ‘silent injury’ and with mounting pressure to win, whether from the coaching staff, parents, or one’s own self, players often continued to play without regard to their health, and still do today. Athletes who fail to report symptoms of a suspected concussion and continue to play can have detrimental consequences to their health. The timing of repeated injuries has been shown to have significant consequences on not only the severity of post-concussion pathophysiology, but on the cognitive disturbances that follow.9 These consequences are more pronounced in youth, as their immature brains may be more susceptible to repeat concussion particularly before complete recovery.14 The findings support the current clinical guideline of excising a

The article discusses the scientific research and theories behind whether playing football is linked to traumatic brain injury (TBI) to NFL players. Previous evidence that existed mainly involved finding signs of TBI in deceased players, and so it was difficult to determine whether it was football that was responsible for TBI or other factors. However, studies not show that more than 40% of retired NFL players show evidence of abnormal brain structures (Park). The director of Florida Center for Headache and Sports Neurology, Conidi, analyzed that the brains of 40 former NFL players who played for an average of 7 years showed damage to the white matter of the brain which it responsible for connecting nerve cells among difference regions (Park).