An expert on the head trauma crisis in sports provides a guide to concussions in youth sports -- what they are, how to treat them and how to protect young athletes. 30,000 first printing.
... Bridget Quinn, Kate Ackerman, Joanna Fraser, Leslie Milne, Sarah Jackson, and especially Michael J. O'Brien, MD, ... Betsy Kramer, Mariah Mullen, Stacey Murphy, Emily Hanson, Shannon Savage, Lizanne Barone, and Alysse Corolla.
The state set Chari up with weekly therapy sessions at an independent center specializing in rehab of neurological injury. Her therapist, Tom Thompson, decided that the first priority was to help her organize her life.
This book will dispel myths about head impacts in youth sports, potential consequences of these collisions, and the changes sports organizations have made to make these sports “safer than ever.” It will empower parents and athletes to ...
Sports-Related Concussions in Youth: Improving the Science, Changing the Culture reviews the science of sports-related concussions in youth from elementary school through young adulthood, as well as in military personnel and their ...
Sports concussions make headlines, but you don't have to be an NFL star to suffer traumatic brain injury. In Shaken Brain, Elizabeth Sandel, MD, shares stories and research from her decades treating and studying brain injuries.
The book does not dwell on perpetuating fears about sports and concussion, but rather, having a real-world discussion about what science and medicine knows, what parents and coaches need to understand about the brain injury, evaluation and ...
Based on exclusive interviews, previously undisclosed documents, and private emails, this is the story of what the NFL knew and when it knew it—questions at the heart of a crisis that threatens football, from the highest levels all the ...
A guide to sports-related concussions addresses the inability of mouth guards and helmets to prevent concussions, the impact of head injuries on school performance and emotional behavior, and state concussion laws.
After a concussion that affects her balance, memory, and other abilities, twelve-year-old Kat goes to I-Can, the "Miracle Clinic in the Swamp," where she joins forces with other patients to expose a plot that endangers them all.
This book provides education on the long term effects of repetitive concussions and provides the latest research , rules/regulations and equipment considerations for sports concussion and neck trauma.