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Amanda Kessel Yahoo sports article

Post by greybeard58 » Mon Feb 12, 2018 2:03 pm

Amanda Kessel is not afraid to talk about concussions

Eric Adelson
Columnist
Yahoo SportsFeb 11, 2018, 7:32 PM

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — If Amanda Kessel does nothing else in her storied career, she’s already done a rare public service in the world of sport.

She’s spoken often and openly about concussions.

Athletes and their teams are usually happy to talk about ACL injuries, or torn rotator cuffs; it’s a badge of honor to be hurt and then fight to return to play.

Brain injuries? Still too taboo. When Gisele Bundchen told CBS last year that her husband, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, has had concussions, it turned into a weeks-long controversy. “I mean, he has concussions,” she said. “I mean, he has concussions pretty much. We don’t talk about it, but he does have concussions.”

More than a month later, Brady was asked by ESPN about his wife’s comments and he dodged. The NFL even released a statement on it: “There are no records that indicate that Mr. Brady suffered a head injury or concussion, or exhibited or complained of concussion symptoms.”

It’s not just Brady. Just last month, Panthers quarterback Cam Newton fell to his knees after a big hit in a playoff game – a clear sign of a concussion – and it was later diagnosed as an eye injury. Maybe he did indeed have an eye injury, but it often feels as if teams would defer and deflect than admit a brain injury.

Kessel will not shy away from the topic. She has suffered mightily from a concussion and she nearly retired because of it. She was not at all sure if she would be here, starting on the top line for Team USA in the 2018 Olympics. She missed a lot of time in recovery and nothing was certain.

Asked in September if she still has headaches, she said, “Yeah, I have headaches.”

Then Kessel elaborated, saying she occasionally has migraines.

“It comes about randomly,” she said. “I know if I don’t hydrate I’m more likely to get a headache. It doesn’t scare me at all.”

It’s not that she doesn’t take the topic of brain injury seriously; quite the opposite. She is willing to talk about it because she knows many young athletes are scared, and many parents worry that a hit to the head in a sporting event is the beginning of a lifetime of neurological issues. Checking in women’s hockey is illegal, but one 2010 study showed 25 percent of injuries in the sport are due to concussions. That’s far higher than even football. The topic is scary to all of us, athletes and otherwise, but it only makes it scarier when the best athletes in the world and their teams appear to suppress the truth.

“She didn’t ignore her concussion, or try to deny it,” says Dr. Mark Herceg, a director at the Center for Concussion at Gaylord Specialty Healthcare in Connecticut. “She took her time, allowed her brain to heal, sought out treatment, and focused her efforts in rehab to recover.”

It wasn’t always this easy or comfortable for Kessel to talk. Her problems were most likely triggered by a fall into the boards four years ago, leading up to the Sochi Games. She played in the Olympics but her symptoms hit hard in the weeks after. She sat out her next season with the Minnesota Golden Gophers, she lost weight, and she withdrew from her normal social life.

“As someone who has played through a lot of injuries, it wasn’t until suffering a concussion that I fully understood the importance of being 100 percent healthy when I’m on the ice,” Kessel said in a statement at the time. “Unfortunately, that isn’t the case right now.”

This is where things often spiral for athletes with concussions. You lose the sport you love, you retreat from your routine, you get down, you wonder if the head trauma is causing the sadness, and that makes the anxiety even worse. The line between the physical and the psychological is blurred, and the hill to recovery feels more and more steep.

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Post by greybeard58 » Wed Feb 14, 2018 3:21 pm

Why women’s ice hockey has a higher concussion rate than football

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Goalie Macey White Concussion

Post by greybeard58 » Fri Feb 16, 2018 3:31 pm

Goalie Macey White

While the sophomore got the glory with her three goals, it was the contributions from 8th graders Caroline Bassett and Sarah Currey that put the Blue Knights over the top.

Bassett scored the other goal for Sandwich, while Currey—in her first year ever playing hockey—stopped 16 of 17 shots for her first varsity win.

Currey is no stranger to minding the net for Sandwich. She played in goal for the varsity field hockey this season and has played the same position for the girls’ lacrosse team.

She stepped in net for head coach Stephen Noll on an emergency basis after his starter, freshman Macey White, was unavailable after suffering a concussion in a win against Falmouth last week.

Currey, Visceglio Shine In 4-1 Victory
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Post by greybeard58 » Fri Feb 16, 2018 3:33 pm

Brittany Resendes concussion

Brittany Resendes
"Definitely shouldn’t be playing hockey with a concussion but it was the only way I could leave work for a couple hours so here goes nothing…”
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Shannon McDonald concussion

Post by greybeard58 » Fri Feb 16, 2018 3:35 pm

Shannon McDonald

With a key loss to a transfer (Rylee Glennon to the Rivers School) and a young team, Burlington High girls hockey coach Marty Conley knew there would be some bumps and bruises along the way this season.

However, that was in the figurative sense. While in the literal sense, it has been so much worse.

The Red Devils have been without Maggie Milne and Alexia Hamilton all season, and recently without Shannon McDonald (concussion) and Sydney Shinopoulos (flu) and the string of injuries has challenged Burlington’s depth, leading to a 1-3 start.

Burlington High girls hockey team battling
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Cammi Granato Concussion

Post by greybeard58 » Fri Feb 16, 2018 3:38 pm

Cammi Granato
Cammi was a shy girl who felt most comfortable on the ice, but she had to be careful. One opponent threatened to break her collarbone. Cammi’s coach asked if she still wanted to play. She did. He told her to keep her head up.

At another tournament, the puck dropped and within seconds, a boy on the other team cross-checked her. She suffered a mild concussion and had to miss the rest of the tournament. The boy came up to her after the game.

“I’m sorry,” he said. “My dad made me do that.”

Family, Country, Hockey: How USA Hockey Bound Tony and Cammi Granato Even Closer
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Multiple USA Hockey National Team Players

Post by greybeard58 » Wed Feb 21, 2018 1:58 pm

Former USA Hockey Olympians

Fewer stories like that spread over the last four Olympic cycles, but some incidents kept the rivalry burning.

Multiple U.S. players received concussions on hits from the same Canadian player, forward Gillian Apps, a 6-foot granddaughter of an NHL Lady Byng Trophy recipient.

With gold on the line, PyeongChang ushers in new chapter of USA-Canada rivalry
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Escape from Darkness

Post by greybeard58 » Wed Feb 21, 2018 2:00 pm

Escape from Darkness

Escape From The Darkness
Amanda Kessel’s Journey Back To The Olympic Stage A Triumphant Story Of Courage And Persistence

02/20/2018, 3:45am EST
By Harry Thompson

GANGNEUNG, South Korea – Amanda Kessel remembers being in a dark place. The simple things in life, like watching television, going out to dinner with friends or even holding a simple conversation were gone. For more than a year and a half all she could do was sit quietly in her Minneapolis apartment and hope that the lingering symptoms of a concussion she suffered in 2014 would one day go away.

“I pretty much sat on a couch for over a year wishing that one day I would wake up and feel better,” she recalled. “It was the hardest thing that I have ever had to go through in life.”

Each morning began with optimism that this would be the day her symptoms would start to subside, but by nightfall there was only frustration and disappointment. It became such a part of her every day existence that she wondered if she would ever play hockey again. Or even enjoy the simple things in life.

“It was hard for me to even take a 10-minute walk outside, go out to dinner at a restaurant, hold a conversation with someone, watch TV, listen to loud music or sometimes even talk,” she said. “It would hurt my head to open my mouth and talk, so many times I would whisper or hardly talk. I hardly felt human.”

There were more doctor’s office visits than she can count. Every specialist she saw was more than generous with their time and sympathetic to her plight. But in the end, the treatments brought little relief.

Through it all she held tight to the belief that she would one day get better and return to the ice. But that grip slowly loosened as the days dragged on and her hope was almost gone.

“As time went on my dreams of competing for the U.S. in the 2018 Olympics seemed to be slipping away,” she said.

It was time to seek alternative treatments.

She paid a visit to a sports concussion specialist who recommended that she include activity and exercise into her recovery program, no matter how tough it was at first.

“I started attacking my concussion instead of letting it direct my course. Even if I wasn’t feeling well, I needed to push through my workouts,” she said. “I started really getting after working out and changing my attitude. That’s when I really started believing that I would get better.”

As her symptoms slowly began to fade away, the idea of returning to the ice became more than just a distant dream.

“I felt more like myself every day,” she said. “I was able to see a glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel.”

That light was the faint glow of the Olympic flame in her future.

The thought of returning to the ice grew over time from a distant dream into a real possibility.

By the end of December, she made her way back to the ice, training with her University of Minnesota teammates, and almost two years to the day of her last game in Sochi she returned to competition the following February. A month later the 2013 Patty Kazmaier Award winner scored the game-winning goal as the Gophers won its sixth NCAA title.

Through it all Kessel discovered something about herself as she dug deeper than she ever had before and came out with a newfound appreciation for the life she almost lost.

“I still am not sure how I made it through everything, but it 100 percent has changed my life,” she said. “I was able to see what it was like to have my life essentially taken from me and my passion [for hockey] stripped away.”

After going to hell and back, Kessel now hopes that by sharing her story she can be an inspiration to others who find themselves in a similar dark place.

“I’m certainly no expert but I always try to share bits and pieces of what helped me and maybe it will help somebody else,” she said.

“I know how tough it was so I hope that anyone who’s in a similar situation will hear my story and know that there’s hope at the end of the tunnel and you will get better. It just takes a little time.”

Educating players, coaches and parents about the serious effects of concussions remains a main goal for everyone involved in the sport. No longer are players told to shake it off and get back in the game. That old way of thinking not only jeopardizes a player’s career, but his or her life away from hockey as well. So when an elite athlete like Kessel opens up and share her private struggles it can provide a light that can guide others who are going through similar dark times.

“Amanda’s return to the highest level of competition is a testament to her courage and perseverance,” said Dr. Michael Stuart, USA Hockey’s chief medical officer. “Her difficult journey motivates us to continue our research on the prevention, recognition and treatment of concussion.”

Heading into her team’s gold-medal rematch with Canada, Kessel has an even greater appreciation for the road she’s traveled to get here and is cherishing every moment of her Olympic experience. Regardless of the color medal she has hanging from her neck on Thursday afternoon, she has already won something greater than gold.

“I am a much stronger person today,” she said, “I wouldn’t change my path to get here.”

Escape From Darkness
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Post by greybeard58 » Wed Feb 21, 2018 2:04 pm

There's not checks (wink), just 'collisions' in Olympic women's hockey

The no-checking rule should be placed in air quotes. It seems more like a suggestion than a hard and fast rule, judging by some of the physical play in the Olympics.

GANGNEUNG, SOUTH KOREA – The official hockey rulebook clearly states that body-checking in women’s hockey is prohibited.

That’s a real knee-slapper.

Team USA’s Hilary Knight practically rolled her eyes when I mentioned the no-checking rule.

“I don’t know about that,” she said.

Me either. Watch an Olympic women’s hockey game and then try to convince someone that there is no checking in that sport. Especially if that contest pits the U.S. vs. Canada.

Those archrivals check, hit, shove and punch each other for 60 minutes every time they square off. They probably would bite too, if that sort of thing wasn’t frowned upon.

The no-checking rule should be placed in air quotes. It seems more like a suggestion than a hard and fast rule.

“Technically, there’s no checking allowed in women’s hockey,” Knight said. “But you’ve got some great athletes here that are looking to win a 50-50 battle and you’re going to sacrifice your body to make a play.”

Body contact is allowed and embraced. Anyone still clinging to the belief that women’s hockey isn’t physical clearly hasn’t watched a second of this Olympic tournament. Players are delivering serious punishment as they fight for every inch of ice.

“I would probably say it’s the most physical tournament I’ve been a part of in my international career,” U.S. forward Monique Lamoureux-Davidson said. “Some tournaments [referees] let it go, kind of like they have for this entire tournament. Or they call everything. I’d rather be on the side of less penalties.”

Open-ice hits usually are a strict no-no, but even that’s not being called 100 percent of the time. In Monday’s semifinal, U.S. captain Meghan Duggan nailed Finland defenseman Ronja Savolainen as she skated up ice. It appeared to be knee-on-knee.

Savolainen crumpled and then crashed headfirst into the boards. It was a scary hit. Savolainen needed assistance from several teammates as she left the ice, though she was able to return in the second period.

Amazingly, no penalty was called.

The referees skated to both benches to discuss it with the coaches before play resumed.

“They just said it was a collision,” U.S. coach Robb Stauber said. “They couldn’t just make it up. They saw it as a collision.”

Well, it certainly wasn’t a harmless nudge.

Both Stauber and Duggan said they don’t think she will face any punishment that will affect her status for the gold medal game.

“You never want to see a player go down with any injury,” Duggan said. “Really happy that she was able to get up. Our team wishes her the best. It’s a physical sport, obviously. Our team plays clean and within the rules.”

The rules seem open to interpretation in the women’s game. Some hits are ignored, some hits get penalized. Players said they try to find that roughhouse line early in the game to understand how far they can go.

“Usually you can feel it out to see what the refs are going to call,” Lamoureux-Davidson said. “The biggest thing that players want is consistency throughout a whole game. If they’re going to let it go, let it go the entire game.”

The referees let headlocks go in the first battle royal between the U.S. and Canada in the preliminary round. There were so many goalmouth scrums that it looked like a high school wrestling tournament. One dogpile included no less than seven players who were either fighting to knock the puck in the goal, or fighting to keep the puck out.

“That’s the money place,” Knight said. “It’s really a blood battle in front.”

Knight has received a few messages from friends back home expressing amazement at the level of physical play. Her response: Well, duh.

“I don’t know the difference,” she said.

Players say their game has been this physical for a while. The Olympics has raised the intensity meter a few notches.

“I think women’s sports kind of get a negative rap of not being fast or physical,” Knight said. “I encourage people to watch a hockey game, regardless of gender. It’s fantastic.”

Fantastic and physical, even without checking.

Wink, wink.



There's not checks (wink), just 'collisions' in Olympic women's hockey
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Nicole Potel

Post by greybeard58 » Sat Feb 24, 2018 9:48 pm

Nicole Potel

Senior Nicole Potel is serving as the team’s manager after being ruled out for the season due to injury.

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Jenny Kent

Post by greybeard58 » Sat Feb 24, 2018 9:50 pm

Jenny Kent neck injury

Mr. Fiorito ascribed improvement in the second half of the 2016-2017 season to hard work and a steep learning curve his charges embraced. Every year is different, though, and after graduating five seniors, Mr. Fiorito will have only three seniors on the ice. Gifted senior Jenny Kent suffered a severe neck injury over the summer, and is not cleared for hockey this season.

Girls hockey sees new faces, same challenges
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Decker /Poulin

Post by greybeard58 » Sat Feb 24, 2018 9:53 pm

3 days ago - Canadian captain Marie-Philip Poulin avoided a penalty after leveling American Brianna Decker, in the third period of the Olympic gold medal game. | Video | PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games on CBC.


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Goalie Seeley Concussion

Post by greybeard58 » Sat Feb 24, 2018 9:58 pm

Nieve Seeley

She was recently diagnosed with a concussion while playing for the Ravens in early November. Seeley stopped a one-time slap shot to the helmet, and after the practice, she began showing signs of a concussion, and was later diagnosed by the medical staff.

“I told the medical staff that I was fine at first, so I did not get any treatment right away because nobody saw me get hit with the puck to the head, but on the bus I started showing symptoms,” Seeley said.

She is currently receiving treatment from team doctors and physiotherapists at Carleton.

“The treatment is really good at Carleton. As soon as I started to get sick to my stomach and feel dizzy, the medical staff acted very quickly,” she said.

The symptoms of concussions can have both short and long term remifications affecting the injured players brain.

“It is not just about hockey. It is about their lives and life after hockey. Sometimes when you get a really bad concussion you cannot go to school,” Pierre Alain, head coach of the Carleton Ravens women’s hockey team, said.

Despite the best efforts of medical staff and the evolving rules in U Sports, it is impossible for the league to be concussion free.

U SPORTS AND THE BATTLE WITH CONCUSSIONS
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KSTP Jeff Parker

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Ronja Savolainen concussion?

Post by greybeard58 » Fri Mar 02, 2018 4:30 pm

Ronja Savolainen

Finland defenseman Ronja Savolainen is back in the game, the very next period after a scary, face-first collision into the boards.

Savolainen needed to be helped off the ice at the Gangneung Hockey Center as her legs dangled helplessly beneath her in the first period of Monday’s women’s hockey semifinal against the United States. But she returned to the game in the second.

There was no immediate announcement about her condition. The International Ice Hockey Federation lists “rubber legs” as one sign of a concussion that should lead to an evaluation by a team physician. A player can only return to the game if the team physician determines that she did not sustain a concussion.


Winter Olympics latest: Finland women’s hockey player returns after scary collision
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Collegiate career cut short by concussions

Post by greybeard58 » Fri Mar 02, 2018 4:32 pm

Collegiate career cut short by concussions

Michelle Roach

The following year in the Spartans’ first season as a varsity program, Roach served as captain and led the team in scoring, earning Eastern Mass all-star honors, CCL all-league honors and all-scholastic honors. She led the Spartans to their first-ever state tournament, scoring three goals in the Spartans’ first round 9-6 loss to Watertown.

Roach also served as captain of the Spartans’ cross country and outdoor track teams.

Roach moved on to play three years on the women’s team at St. Michael’s College, becoming the first of many accomplished St. Mary’s alums to play collegiate hockey. She hung up her skates prior to her senior year when concussions and pneumonia cut her career short.

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Advocating for more research on women

Post by greybeard58 » Fri Mar 09, 2018 9:58 am

Advocating for more research on women

Concussions on the brain: Pushing for more research on women

“These girls had been cycled through the medical community and kind of spit out,” Snedaker said. “What totally got me were these women who were isolated and alone.”

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Real Sports with Bryant Gumble

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900 plus story

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Helmets don't prevent concussions but they do protect against skull fractures

AJ Mleczko Griswold
PSA: Wear your helmet always! I am lucky that I had one here - though I still went through concussion protocol. No helmet and I would have been in the hospital (at best).

"Think you are ok not wearing a helmet on the ice at practice as a coach? Watch this and think about what would have happened to this coach if she was not wearing a helmet."
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Gender Differences in Concussion Diagnosis and Treatment

Post by greybeard58 » Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:06 am

Addressing Gender Differences in Concussion Diagnosis and Treatment

Studies show that females have higher incidence of and longer rates of recovery for concussion, yet we do not have female-specific guidelines or education resources for women with brain injury, including concussions.

"Without proper education of [the] patient, family, and community supports, women and girls with brain injury, including concussion, can experience an additional lack of support, doubt, isolation, and anxiety beyond that which comes with brain injury," she said.

Addressing Gender Differences in Concussion Diagnosis and Treatment
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Kassidy Sauve Concussion

Post by greybeard58 » Fri Mar 16, 2018 3:25 pm

Kassidy Sauve Concussion


Kassidy Sauve

Muzerall has established a program based on the tenets of gratitude, sacrifice, relentlessness and honor. The Buckeyes’ playing style is aggressive and blue-collar.

It helps to have a goaltender like Sauve. She overcame surgeries on both hips to become a second-team All-American last year. This season, the redshirt junior has emerged from a slump caused partly by a concussion and the flu.

New coach gets Ohio State turned around quickly
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Colgate's Lauren Wildfang

Post by greybeard58 » Fri Mar 16, 2018 3:28 pm

Lauren Wildfang

“It’s hard not to feel good when you have the group that you have around you supporting you,” she said. “Our coaching staff … and our teammates, we’re all encouraging each other to get better each day.”

Over four years at Colgate, Wildfang has recorded 17 goals and 71 points in 123 games, making her the highest scoring defenceman in school history.

She battled injury problems in her freshman season, with a concussion she suffered which limited her freshman season to only 21 games.

...Colgate head coach Greg Fargo said Wildfang is one of the premier defenceman in the NCAA.

“Her play is second-to-none,” he said, noting she’s the program’s all-time leading scorer for defencemen. “Which I think speaks volumes about her, because she’s in some good company there.”

He added more than what she brings on the ice, Wildfang is a leader in the room.

“She’s been one of the driving forces that have helped turn our program around over the past four years,” he said. “In many ways, she’s been a leader since she got here and has evolved in that role to get to this point.

“As a coach any kind of situation pops up, you feel good that Lauren Wildfang is going over the boards.”

Fargo noted while Wildfang has gone through some tough stretches with injury over her four years at Colgate, she’s incredibly determined.

Waterdown's Lauren Wildfang aiming for NCAA Frozen Four
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Protecting players under 14

Post by greybeard58 » Wed Mar 21, 2018 2:58 pm

Plenty of body contact and hits to the head even when checking is “prohibited"

Protecting players under 14

Zegel and Archie have teamed up with nine other families to bring their message to Congress: No rough contact in sports for children under the age of 14.

Dr. Robert Cantu, co-director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at the Boston University School of Medicine, said the moms are doing the right thing. He explained that young brains are highly susceptible to brain trauma, because while children's heads reach adult circumference by the age of 5, children's necks aren't quite that strong,

Think of a bobble head doll, he said. The body is fixed, but the head can be violently shaken around. "They can't hit very hard, but their brains are being jarred, because their necks are so weak and their heads are so wobbly.”

In addition, he pointed out that between the ages of 10 and 12 is a key time for neural circuits to be established for emotion, "our impulse control, our emotions, anxiety, depression," said Cantu. If the brain is injured at that age, it can potentially impact that circuitry.

Moms to Congress: It's time to protect kids in contact sports
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NCAA’s Motion For Summary Judgment denied

Post by greybeard58 » Wed Mar 21, 2018 3:00 pm

NCAA’s Motion For Summary Judgment denied. Ploetz v NCAA to trial April 30

This case is significant if it proceeds to trial for several reasons. The first reason is that it would be in that scenario the first time a CTE case has made it all the way to being heard in court. Previous attempts have all resulted in settlement or had CTE excluded in preference to other neurological disorders.

With the deposition of Dr. Hainline, the NCAA’s stance on the connection between CTE and its sports like American football, football and ice hockey will be made public. That’s a “Sophie’s Choice” for the NCAA. Hainline has to navigate the narrow path between appearing to be cognisant of the research done on the issue while not giving any ammunition to Ploetz’s case.

The Lawsuit Which Could Throw Open The Curtain On The NCAA
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two studies

Post by greybeard58 » Sun Mar 25, 2018 8:47 am

two studies

"Concussions are a growing concern, not only in the National Hockey League, but in the wider community.”
Read study at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3091892/


"Concussion is a common, serious injury in youth ice hockey, affecting up to 25% of players per season by one estimate."
Concussion In Youth Hockey: It’s Time To Break The Cycle
Read study at: www.cmaj.ca/cgi/doi/10.1503/cmaj.110282

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