LearningRx1 football | http://www.learningrx.org - Part 4

More experienced college football players have smaller brain volume...

Jun 4, 2014 by

College football players who have had concussions and who have been playing football for many years have, on average, less hippocampal volume than those who have only been playing for a few years....

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Football off-season not long enough for players’ brains to recover...

May 21, 2014 by

A new study from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry says that the time between football seasons does not appear to be long enough for players’ brains to recover from hard hits during practices and games....

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Football helmets may not do much to protect players from concussion...

Mar 6, 2014 by

A new study that analyzed the strength and safety of 10 popular football helmet designs found that they only reduced the risk of TBI by 20 percent.  Unfortunately, the helmets offering the least protection are also the most popular...

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Retired NFL players’ brains show unusual activity

Nov 21, 2013 by

A new study published in “Scientific Reports” found that retired American football  players have “profound abnormalities” in brain activity....

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New guidelines for sports concussions released

Sep 25, 2013 by

New and updated guidelines for managing sports concussions were recently included in an article in “Journal of Neurotrauma.” They include topics like the definition of concussion, diagnosis, acute care of athletes, and determining return to play....

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Is CTE in the NFL unique?

Sep 8, 2013 by

A new study out of Loyola University Medical Center has found no evidence that retired NFL player suffer a unique cognitive disorder like CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy). Although the results said the NFL players were clearly impaired relative to...

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