has taken over popular culture. At first glance‚ boxing can easily be seen as violent and even inhumane. Benny Paret’s death illustrates a fatal boxing match in which he was fighting against Emile Griffith. Suffering from a massive hemorrhage to the brain‚ Paret went into a coma and died 10 days after the fight (Cousins). This was not the first‚ and definitely not the last‚ unfortunate incident in the ring. This kind of sport should not exist in the 21st century‚ for it encourages violence and harm
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1.1 An Acquired Brain Injury is any sudden damage to the brain received during a person’s lifetime and not as a result of birth trauma. Acquired brain injury is referred to as the hidden disability because its long term problems are often in the areas of thinking and behaviour and are not as easy to see and recognise as many physical disabilities. 1.2 •A traumatic injury such as a road traffic accident‚ a fall‚ an assault or a sporting injury •Stroke •Brain tumour •Haemorrhage
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activity. While sports can be very enjoyable‚ stress revealing‚ competitive‚ and a great way to stay physically fit; they also pose the threat of injury. One of the more common injuries in sports mostly in contact sports is concussions. Over the past few years concussions have become more serious because of the new evidence we have on how it affects our brain and how they affect our future. Topics I will be covering in my paper will be what concussions are‚ symptoms‚ causes‚ and cures. I will also cover
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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 disease. CTE is common to football players. This is a very intense problem because it might change football player’s whole life. According to PMC‚ it says‚ “There are approximately 100‚000 to 300‚000 concussive episodes occurring in the game of
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problem was 2013 Sue Crowley Content • • • • • • • • • Head Trauma Facial Trauma Intracranial hemorrhage Intercranial pressure Stroke Ruptured aneurysms Hydrocephalus Brain tumours Multiple sclerosis 2013 Sue Crowley The Canadian CT Head Rule head rule • will permit physicians to standardize care of patients with head injuries and to be much more selective in the use of computed tomography without jeopardizing patient care. • http://www.ohri.ca/emerg/cdr/docs/c 2013 Sue Crowley dr_cthead_poster
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uncontrolled environment it acts as safety gear that can minimize and prevent injury to the head. People wear helmets to “protect [themselves] from head injuries that can kill you” (Consumer Report‚ 2016)‚ such as bleeding inside the skull or brain and skull fractures; with the decision to wear a helmet separating the difference of injury and disaster (Consumer Report‚ 2016). Helmets can also be purposeful in preventing traumatic brain injury (TBI)‚ and when American nationwide records were analyzed of over
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players with concussion‚ and 56 noninjured players were monitored for symptoms‚ cognitive functioning‚ and postural stability immediately This was recorded within a time frame of three hours‚ and one‚ two‚ three‚ five‚ seven‚ and ninety days after injury. They also used Scores on the Graded Symptom Checklist (GSC)‚ Standardized Assessment of Concussion (SAC)‚ Balance Error Scoring System (BESS)‚ and a neuropsychological test battery in the study. The results of the study lead to the conclusion that
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Sports are full of competition‚ but this heavy amount of competition may not be so good for a person’s body; plus‚ injuries are a common thing in sports. It wouldn’t be a sport without an injury occurring. Injuries‚ like concussions‚ are very common in sports like soccer and football. Those are caused by continuous action to the head. Concussions can have long-term effects on the brain‚ like memory loss and diseases like Parkinson’s(Nordqvist). Also‚ the violent plays in today’s sports‚ are not things
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the brain. Moreover‚ the sensors that should detect the bolus in the pathway‚ may not detect it at all or may detect it with an important delay and so the epiglotis can not be closed on time‚ that would provoke the entry of the bolus in the airway. 64-78\% and 40-81\% of people who had stroke suffer from oropharyngeal dysphagia respectively during the acute phase and during the chronic phase \cite{martino}.
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Concussions In Sports Concussions are very serious injuries in sports now a day. They seem to be occurring more and more as players start trying to become faster and stronger. NFL.com did an article in 2010 that showed in the 2010 season that the concussion rate had gone up 21% from 2009 (Press). A concussion is a traumatic brain injury that is caused by a blow to head or body‚ a fall‚ or another injury that jars or shakes the brain inside the skull (Healthwise 1). The concussion can either
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