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Investigation of the Concussion Goggle™ Education Program with Secondary School Athletic Teams: A Pilot Study

Journal of Sports Medicine and Allied Health Sciences: Official Journal of the Ohio Athletic Trainers' Association, 2017
Background: Researchers have investigated different types of concussion education programs within various populations with mixed results. To date, no research has been published using the Concussion Goggles™ educational program Objective: To compare ...
Ellen K. Payne, William S. Gear, Maureen Burke   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Traumatic brain injury in New Zealand: a silent epidemic? [PDF]

, 2013
In 2008 I was fortunate enough to be invited to be part of a research team on a large population based project focusing on the incidence and outcome of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in New Zealand (led by Professor Valery Feigin National Institute of ...
Starkey, Nicola J.
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Cost–benefit analysis and ‘next best’ methods to evaluate the efficiency of social policies: As in pitching horseshoes, closeness matters

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Many policymakers are unwilling, or think that it is infeasible, to perform comprehensive cost–benefit analysis (CBA) of programmes in social policy arenas. What principles actually underlie CBA? An understanding is necessary to assess whether other evaluation methods are close enough to CBA to provide useful information on social efficiency ...
Aidan R. Vining, Anthony E. Boardman
wiley   +1 more source

Headgear mandates in high school girls’ lacrosse: investigating differences in impact rates and game play behaviors

Annals of Medicine
Background/objective Headgear designed to protect girls’ lacrosse athletes is widely available and permitted for voluntary use; however, it remains unknown how policies mandating headgear use may change the sport and, particularly regarding impacts ...
Shane V. Caswell, Patricia M. Kelshaw, Samantha L. Hacherl, Andrew E. Lincoln, Daniel C. Herman   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effects of morning preconditioning protocols on testosterone, cortisol and afternoon sprint cycling performance [conference presentation] [PDF]

, 2018
Opportunities exist for athletes to undertake morning exercise protocols in an attempt to potentate afternoon performance. Four sub elite track sprint cyclists completed a morning cycling (Cyc) or weights-based protocol (WP) prior to an afternoon cycling
Maulder, Peter S, McDonald, Kerin
core  

Alzheimer's disease and mixed pathologies as a hidden contributor to fatal hypothermia: A large‐scale forensic autopsy‐based study

Brain Pathology, EarlyView.
We investigated neuropathological manifestations of hypothermia in 168 cases. Patients aged 65 years or more constituted 80% of the total cohort. Alzheimer's disease was the most common comorbidity, affecting 40% of all patients. Abstract There is a paucity of autopsy‐based studies providing detailed neuropathological characteristics of fatal ...
Shojiro Ichimata, Koji Yoshida, Ryo Tanaka   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Smartphone Technology to Facilitate Remote Postural Balance Assessment in Acute Concussion Management: Pilot Study

Sensors
Impaired balance is a key symptom following acute concussion. Unfortunately, the recommended clinical balance assessment lacks sensitivity and discriminative ability, relying on the experience of the clinician for interpretation.
Oren Tirosh, Jaymee Klonis, Megan Hamilton, John Olver, Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Dean Mckenzie, Doa El-Ansary, Gavin Williams   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

New Mechanics of Traumatic Brain Injury

, 2008
The prediction and prevention of traumatic brain injury is a very important aspect of preventive medical science. This paper proposes a new coupled loading-rate hypothesis for the traumatic brain injury (TBI), which states that the main cause of the TBI ...
A Kadic, A Pena, A Singh, AA Sabet, AC Eringen, B Morrison, CS Chu, CW Hoge, DC Viano, DC Viano, DGB Edelen, DR Wolfson, DW Brands, E Cosserat, E Cosserat, E Gutierrez, F Loth, G Jian, G Krabbel, GH Bledsoe, H Lamb, H Mao, H Zou, HC Park, HM Huang, J Li, J Park, J Zhang, JA Newman, JC Misra, JC Misra, JFC Yang, JFC Yang, JG Beckwith, K Voo, L Sokoloff, L Zhang, L Zhang, M Hrapko, M Runnerstam, MC LaPlaca, N Yoganandan, NE Leonard, PE Rapp, PV Bayly, RD Mindlin, RS Lakes, S Roth, SE Maier, V Ivancevic, V Ivancevic, V Ivancevic, V Ivancevic, V Ivancevic, V Ivancevic, V Ivancevic, V Ivancevic, V Ivancevic, V Ivancevic, V Ivancevic, V Ivancevic, Vladimir G. Ivancevic, W Goldsmith, W Goldsmith, W Yang, Y Guan, Z Chen, Z Zong   +67 more
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Effectivity of neuro‐visual processing rehabilitation using prisms for a patient with chronic traumatic brain injury

PM&R, EarlyView.
Veselý Viktor, Sayyed Ayra, Padula William, Kolář Pavel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Longitudinal decline in upper‐limb range of motion in adults with cerebral palsy

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, EarlyView.
Plain language summary: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dmcn.70014 Abstract To analyse longitudinal changes in passive range of motion (ROM) in the upper limb in adults with cerebral palsy (CP). Method Passive ROM for shoulder abduction and flexion, supination, and elbow and wrist extension was analysed in a longitudinal cohort of adults ...
Erika Cloodt, Jenny Hedberg‐Graff, Anna Lindgren, Marianne Arner, Evgenia Manousaki, Katina Pettersson, Elisabet Rodby‐Bousquet   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source