brain. The incidences of concussions among athletes has been steadily on the rise and with this increase‚ more and more athletes have suffered multiple concussions‚ which leads to the occurrence of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy‚ or CTE‚ which has become a term that is gaining recognition among those who are treating these athletes (Jolicoeur et al‚ 2007). CTE is a brain disorder that has symptoms that appear to be like Alzheimer’s and is caused by repeated trauma or concussions to the brain. The difference
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impact sports injuries that cause concussions‚ major brain damage such as CTE‚ and can sometimes result in death. Concussions as a result of high impact sports are something that can affect a person for life. The text states‚ “several former football players all found to have CTE and have committed suicide and hundreds more continue to suffer from irreversible brain damage” this evidence is important because it shows that many kids who have had major concussions can be suffering with something
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Clough‚ Jack NFL Concussions Statement Paper Safety in the National Football League has forever been the most talked about subject in terms of rule changing for the game. The biggest ongoing injury in the NFL besides torn MCL’s is concussions. A concussion is a blow to the head that causes major trauma and confusion or temporary incapacity. In some recent cases it has triggered nerves in the players brain’s to have suicidal thoughts. Since the NFL was founded in 1920 there has been multiple
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helmets protect the skull in football‚ the helmets do not protect the brain from concussions and others injuries such as spinal injuries because the hard shell of the helmet creates a harder impact and allows people to feel comfortable leading with their head to make contact with another player‚ a softer shelled helmet‚ a helmet with extra padding or no helmet at all would lower such impacts and chances of concussions as well as lowering chances of players leading with their head on a tackle.
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have some type of medical team or medical kit with you at all times. Concussions are the biggest concern when it comes to injuries. Especially playing football‚ or boxing or other head to head sports. In each sport they make rules to try and prevent the cause of concussions. The rules in each sport nowadays are so advanced that they try so hard to push the importance of how bad a concussion can be toward an athlete. A concussion could ruin a player’s season‚ or even career. This doesn’t just happen
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Have you ever played football? Did you like it? Well‚ football is dangerous sport. Football is dangerous enough that you have to even quit football. Kids should not be able to play football‚ because football causes a lot of concussions‚ and concussion is a serious problem. Football players get serious injuries such as broken elbows. Also‚ there is CTE‚ which is a dangerous brain disease. First‚ football causes lots of CTE. Basically‚ CTE is Chronic traumatic encephalopathy‚ and it is type of brain
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and making changes to the rules of the sports that cause the most head injuries. Concussions are often underrated and pushed aside without thinking about the damage it can cause years from the actual head contact. In sports all precautions should be
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But do to better equipment players are also getting less head injuries like concussions. But football douse need some more changes to make the game safer. l. types of injuries? The most common type of injure in football is concussions. A concussion happens when you get hit and then your head bangs against your skull. Some concussions can be life threating. “43‚000 to 67‚000 high schoolers get concussions per year.” Commentary: many athletes fail to report their symptoms like headaches
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aspect and that has to do with the concussion and shots to the head issue that has popped up mostly in the NFL‚ but also been discussed in the NHL because of the seriousness of Sidney Crosby’s two shots to the head that has him out for almost a year now. For now I will focus on concussions and headshots of the NFL‚ as more information about the chronic traumatic encephalopathy‚ which is a dementia like brain disease. The cause‚ hits to the head and multiple concussions‚ helped by players returning to
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read. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_comprehension) This study aims to find out the significant influence of the color of the paper that will be used in answering an English reading comprehension test. It is necessary to conduct this study to figure out if ones comprehension will improve‚ based on the grade‚ by using colored paper instead of plain white paper. The researchers desire to dig deeper into the topic and to have a clearer understanding of the situation‚ and to discover a new way
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