Concussion

  • Read more: Athlete concussion under-reporting and pressure from stakeholders
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    Athlete concussion under-reporting and pressure from stakeholders

    By Christine Baugh As concussions are increasingly seen as a public health problem, under-reporting and under-diagnosis of concussion is recognized as one barrier to improving the safety of sports participation. A number of studies have previously characterized the extent of under-reporting of concussions among athletes, particularly at the collegiate level. Furthermore, existing research has examined the applicability of theories…

  • Read more: Youth Sports at a Crossroads (and Project Play Summit streaming today 2/25)
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    Youth Sports at a Crossroads (and Project Play Summit streaming today 2/25)

    By Christine Baugh Youth sports participation comes with a variety of health and social benefits. The position statement put out by the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) indicates that over 27 million individuals age 8-17 participate in team sports in the United States, and over 60 million participate in some form of organized athletic…

  • Read more: Studies provide new insights into youth and adolescent concussion
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    Studies provide new insights into youth and adolescent concussion

    By Christine Baugh In the past several weeks there have been two studies with important implications for youth and adolescent concussions. They are summarized briefly in this post. Post-Concussion Rest. Thomas and colleagues recently published a study in the journal Pediatrics examining whether standard of care (1-2 days rest) or 5 days of strict rest (both…

  • Read more: Concussion laws lead to increase in health care utilization
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    Concussion laws lead to increase in health care utilization

      By Christine Baugh Between 2009 and 2014 all U.S. States and the District of Columbia implemented concussion legislation. Generally modeled after Washington State’s Zachery Lystedt Law, most of these statutes require that youth and adolescent athletes are provided with information about concussions prior to sports participation, that they are removed from play if they are…

  • Read more: Upcoming Fairness Hearing in NFL Concussion Litigation
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    Upcoming Fairness Hearing in NFL Concussion Litigation

    By Christine Baugh On November 19, Judge Anita Brody will hold a fairness hearing in the class action lawsuit of National Football League (NFL) Players v. NFL re: concussion injury. This is one of the final steps toward final approval (or rejection) of the settlement in the case. Before final approval Judge Brody must determine that…

  • Read more: State Concussion Legislation: Variable Implementation
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    State Concussion Legislation: Variable Implementation

    By Christine Baugh The most recent issue of the Journal of Law Medicine and Ethics (generously made available for free by the American Society of Law Medicine and Ethics) included several articles examining state concussion laws. One theme that arose across the articles is that although concussion-related legislation is on the books in all 50 states and the…

  • Read more: Are we appropriately framing the risks of brain trauma in contact sports?
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    Are we appropriately framing the risks of brain trauma in contact sports?

    By Christine Baugh The recent concussion and sport special issue of the Journal of Law Medicine and Ethics (generously made available free by the American Society of Law Medicine and Ethics: HERE), edited by new Bill of Health contributor David Orentlichter,  includes a number of important works discussing legal and ethical issues related to mild…

  • Read more: Asking the Right Question about Football
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    Asking the Right Question about Football

    By David Orentlicher[Cross-posted at HealthLawProf Blog and orentlicher.tumblr.com.] In his New York Times op-ed today, former Denver tight end Nate Jackson explains why the NFL should prefer that its players use marijuana to medicate their pain rather than to rely on prescription drugs that can have serious side effects and promote dangerous addictions. Jackson explains quite…

  • Read more: Parental Consent for Youth Contact Sports Participation
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    Parental Consent for Youth Contact Sports Participation

      By Christine Baugh As we enter into the fall sports season, it’s unlikely that a week will go by where we don’t hear the current buzzword in sports community: concussion. Whether in reference to an acute player injury, an untimely death, new or ongoing litigation, or rule changes in sport, the athletic community and…

  • Read more: Ohio Joins In
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    Ohio Joins In

    By Hosea H. Harvey, JD, PhD Last week, Ohio joined the vast majority of states that have enacted laws designed to reduce long-term health consequences for youth athletes who suffer concussions (technically, traumatic brain injuries or TBIs) in organized youth sports activities.  Based on my research for an upcoming article “Reducing Traumatic Brain Injuries in…