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Post by silkyice on May 9, 2014 10:27:07 GMT -6
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Post by lochness on May 9, 2014 10:55:03 GMT -6
That's a good article. Is the source legit? Is this something you'd feel comfortable enough to use to help educate parents?
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Post by silkyice on May 9, 2014 11:08:24 GMT -6
That's a good article. Is the source legit? Is this something you'd feel comfortable enough to use to help educate parents? Coach Hugh Wyatt had something about it on his website. I clicked the link, but got an error, so I just googled for the article and found it. That is all I know about it. |
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Post by Chris Clement on May 9, 2014 11:41:40 GMT -6
Looks like good science. Can't be sure without seeing the original.
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Post by coachfloyd on May 9, 2014 11:47:12 GMT -6
then on the side of the article were like 5 articles talking about studies that say pretty much the opposite. One said as little as one year of contact sports changes the brain negatively.
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Post by Chris Clement on May 9, 2014 11:57:05 GMT -6
The OP study involved cognitive tests. One of the other studies involved detectable differences on MRI scans, which are a little more nebulous. Another was talking about an upcoming publication about head impacts. The third was kind of a pointless article where one team had a rash of injuries and the game ended in a blowout. Fourth didn't talk about methodology or sample size, and the lead researcher said he needed a bigger population, so it's really preliminary. Last one was talking about general injuries in youth football.
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Post by newhope on May 10, 2014 10:03:45 GMT -6
Studies in this area are going to be difficult in some cases. This past season, we agreed to take part in a study at a local university on the correlation between hydration and concussion. They were going to put a small device in the helmet to measure impact. Riddell told them--and our school district--that they would consider that "altering the helmet" and that warranties would no longer apply. Obviously, the district would not approve participation in the study.
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Post by coach2013 on May 10, 2014 16:54:39 GMT -6
I wouldn't share that link. lots of negative articles attached to it.
Folks are scared enough.
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Post by jmg999 on May 10, 2014 17:44:37 GMT -6
This is a brand new study, which hasn't been published, which means that it hasn't been peer-reviewed, yet. It was only presented at a conference. A few questions I have are 1) Why is an orthopaedic surgeon the lead researcher on a study looking at brain-related injury? 2) Why, when attempting to discern the presence of neurodegenerative disorders are they looking at adolescents? 3) Why is this not a longitudinal study? They're looking at a snapshot in time, wherein degeneration is unlikely to have occurred, yet. They even mention in the discussion section of their paper that longitudinal studies would be likely to show a link between neurocognitive decline and collision sports. This implication seems to contradict their study.
While the some media and some parents may argue that football leads to brain injury, if I were I speaking to a concerned parent, I would tell them to look at the science. Science isn't proving a link to anything. It's merely providing evidence to either support or reject a particular claim. Brain injury frequency due to participation in collision sports will never be proven, but it can be correlated, which is what this study is doing.
The other item of note is that this study is solely looking at high school football in one, small area of the country and its effect on neurocognitive decline. These results cannot be extrapolated to general population, nor are they relating concussion to football. It's important to remember that these are two, separate and distinct ares of study.
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