Physical factors are one the primary cause of injuries in sports and exercise for instance‚ a poor tackle in football‚ an awkward landing in gymnastics or poor warm-ups in sprinting. However‚ psychological researchers are continuing to show that thoughts‚ perceptions and aspects of personality may be linked to the incidence of injury. Stress and athletic injury Past research has seen the relationship between athletic injuries and psychological factors as essentially stress-related (1). In this
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The article “The Effect of Protective Headgear on Head Injuries and Concussions in Adolescent Football (Soccer) Players” by J. Scott Delaney‚ Ammar Al-Kashmiri‚ R. Drummond‚ and J. A. Correa‚ the authors examine the effectiveness of protective headgear in teenage athletes. For their study they focused on the Oakville Soccer Club in Oakville‚ Canada‚ using soccer players ages 12-17. The athletes were to fill out a questionnaire examining their 2006 season‚ asking information about concussions they
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Peitzman et al.‚ 2008‚ a plain-film radiograph (i.e.‚ skull x-ray studies) has limited indications in patients with blunt head injury. Plain films are sometimes indicated for penetrating injuries of the skull to determinate the course‚ location‚ or a number of gunshots or foreign body fragment‚ as well as possible depressed skull fragment. Patient with a significant head injury‚ history of loss of consciousness (LOC)‚ or postconcussive sequelae required immediate evaluation by CT scan. CT scan of the
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years the increase of head injuries has drastically become more common. People do not know why‚ but some people believe this is true because the games have become way more intense and become more physical. According to the AANS there have been 8‚392 head injuries under the age of 14 reported in one year. This is scary because that means that there are about 32 serious head injuries per day in a soccer game or practice. This is an awful start because one serious head injury in one game could mean you
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plexus injury we must first understand what the brachial plexus is. “The brachial plexus is a network of nerves formed by the union of cervical vertebrae (C5-C8) to thoracic vertebra (T1)” (McDonald & Pettigrew‚ 2014‚ 147). This means the plexus starts at the neck and into the armpit. Because of these nerves‚ we have feeling and strength from our shoulders to hands. Brachial plexus injuries are more common in males than females. This could be due to the causes of a brachial plexus injury. The main
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Accident Analysis and Prevention 32 (2000) 167 – 175 www.elsevier.com/locate/aap Neck injuries in car collisions — a review covering a possible injury mechanism and the development of a new rear-impact dummy Mats Y. Svensson a‚*‚ Ola Bostrom b‚ Johan Davidsson a‚ Hans-Arne Hansson c‚ ¨ b Yngve Haland ‚ Per Lovsund a‚ Anders Suneson d‚ Anette Saljo c ˚ ¨ ¨ ¨ Crash Safety Di6ision‚ Chalmers Uni6ersity of Technology‚ SE-412 96 Goteborg‚ Sweden ¨ b Autoli6‚ Research‚ SE-447 83 Vargarda‚ Sweden ˚
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traumatic brain injury may be classified based upon severity‚ which in turn may determine the prognosis of recovery. Severity types include mild‚ moderate‚ or severe. Mild traumatic brain injury is commonly known as a concussion. These types of injuries are often seen in sports. Concussions are defined in terms of the duration of confusion or loss of consciousness‚ which may not exceed 30 minutes (Traumaticbraininjury.com‚ n.d.a). Prognosis is good with these types of injuries‚ although patients
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The Invisible Injuries Of An Automobile Accident: Understanding The Psychological Impacts And How To Cope Car accidents change lives‚ but in different ways for different people. Even if you’re not physically hurt‚ you may have sustained psychological or invisible injuries that can destroy life as you know it. Here’s how to understand what’s happened‚ so you can cope with it effectively. What These Invisible Injuries Are And How They Change Your Ability To Function From the outside‚ you look completely
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Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury HPE 101 February 22‚ 2010 The anterior cruciate ligament‚ or ACL‚ is one of four major knee ligaments. The ACL is critical to knee stability‚ and people who injure their ACL often complain of symptoms of their knee giving-out from under them. Therefore‚ many patients who sustain an ACL tear opt to have surgical treatment of this injury. An ACL tear is most often a sports-related injury. ACL tears can also occur during rough play‚ mover vehicle collisions‚
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Anything that our brain controls could be altered either temporarily or permanently . Brain injury kills more individuals ‚ under the age of twenty ‚ than any other cause combined . Brain injury caused by head trauma is the greatest killer under the age of fortyfive and the greatest cause of disability in people under fortyfour
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