The Heads Up: Concussions in High School Sports Program is a nationwide initiative established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which aims to reduce the risks of concussions and other severe head injuries for youth athletes. Heads Up targets schools as central distributors for conc...
The article focuses on a study published in the "Journal of Athletic Training" which reported that women are up to three times as likely as men to sustain a concussion. Symptoms can be vague, but they include headaches, irritability, and let...
especially in football. The NFL, recognizing the importance, has put stricter player-safety rules and policies in place -- but technology is catching up to offer preventive methods to combat the issue. Below are three high-tech products being tested and used ...
Coaches, parents and players are taught concussion-related protocols at the start of the season and have them reinforced throughout the year. Player Safety Coach: Appointed by each participating Heads Up Football high school or youth program. This individual is trained by USA Football to implement...
including highlighting the failure to secure the building where the gunman was able to access the roof on July 13. The task force added that the failures by the Secret Service weren’t limited to the day of the shooting, saying “preexisting issues in leadership and training created an enviro...
This pattern of white matter loss is “similar to those seen in traumatic (外伤的) brain injury”, like that after a serious concussion, the researchers reported, even though only one of these players was reported to have ever experienced a concussion. The players who had headed the ball ...
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC), a concussion is a type of traumatic(创伤) brain injury caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head or hit to the body that causes the head and brain to move rapidly back and forth. This type of movement can cause the...
"Our study showed that the risk of a concussion in high schoolfootballathletes was 1.4 times lower from schools that utilized the Heads Up tackling education program than those who were not trained to utilize the techniques," said lead researcher, Ellen Shanley PhD, PT, OCS, Director, Athletic...
In addition, through HEADS UP, CDC has trained over 3 million sports coaches and health care professionals through online training courses required by many state policies and sports programs. Evaluation results indicate improvements in knowledge and attitudes towards concussion after exposure to HEADS UP...
Heads Up Football Training Decreases Concussion Rates in High School Football Players.doi:10.1097/jsm.0000000000000711Ellen ShanleyCharles ThigpenMichael KissenberthRobert Gil GillilandJohn ThorpeDarryl NanceJohna K Register-MihalikJohn TokishClin J Sport Med...