In 2011, quarterback Peyton Manning suggested he purposely flubbed a preseason neurocognitive baseline test to make the results of any postconcussion test look better, which might have improved his chances of returning to play sooner. The attempted deception, aimed at getting around safeguards meant to protect athletes, has reached the youth sports level, medical professionals [...]
Anecdotal Evidence Provides Clues to Youth Concussions (New York Times)
Youth sports concussion clinics operate at the center of America’s heightened awareness and increasing worry about concussions among young athletes. Listening to the hundreds of stories of how concussions have occurred, examining patients and monitoring their recoveries, the doctors and staff members are a repository of anecdotal and medical concussion information. Here are some of [...]
Lasting legacy: Gfeller’s spirit lives on through research into sports-related injuries (Winston-Salem Journal)
Laws have been written, countless charity miles have been run and thousands of dollars have been donated in the name of Matthew Gfeller. The Winston-Salem teen suffered a traumatic brain injury during a tragic football accident in 2008, but thanks to the tireless commitment of his parents, Bob and Lisa Gfeller, his death was not [...]
2012 Matthew Gfeller Memorial Doughnut Run raised over $30,000 for sports-related traumatic brain injury research
The 4th annual Matthew Gfeller Memorial Doughnut Run raised more than $30,000 from sponsors and participants to fund sports-related traumatic brain injury (TBI) research. The Matthew Gfeller Foundation will distribute all proceeds evenly between the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and The Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research [...]
The lasting effects of head injuries: North Carolina is at the center of concussion research and progress (Daily Tar Heel)
Bryn Renner’s got a lot of things on his mind, like mastering coach Larry Fedora’s new playbook, setting the system’s desired fast-paced tempo and leading UNC into the end zone. Just steps away from UNC’s Kenan Stadium, research is being conducted daily on concussions suffered by athletes and the long-term, life-altering health effects athletes, particularly football players, [...]
Concussions affect young athletes, too (San Francisco Chronicle)
With the kickoff of the NFL season, football fans across the country are hearing a lot about helmet-to-helmet impacts and the danger of head injuries in the sport. This focus by the league and by the media is bringing much-needed attention to a problem that has gone underappreciated far too long: Concussions are a form [...]
Live Chat: The Epidemic of Sports-Related Head Injuries with Kevin Guskiewicz (WIRED)
An epidemic of concussions within football and hockey has brought the term “chronic traumatic encephalopathy” from the laboratory to the locker room and raised concerns about the long-term impact of head injuries. Such injuries can lead to a host of psychological and behavioral ailments, and they have been linked to the suicides of soldiers and former NFL players. [...]
Pop Warner Weighing Research and Risks in Concussion Prevention Efforts (New York Times)
The unremarkable football career of Dr. Julian Bailes, who is now the chairman of the Pop Warner medical advisory board, ended quietly during his college days in the 1970s. He never sustained a concussion that he knew of, but he can recall a friend in high school who did. Confused and concussed, his friend started [...]
VIDEO: A Hard-Hitting Story: Young Football Players Take Big-League Hits to Head (PBS News Hour)
Watch Young Football Players Take Big-League Hits to Head on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour. Virginia Tech researchers placed helmets with sensors on 7- and 8-year-old football players and collected data on more than 750 hits to the head over a season. The findings are the first quantitative study of the acceleration and risk [...]
Player safety must be NFL priority (Fox Sports)
Brett Favre, Cam Newton, Aaron Rodgers and Kurt Warner were targets of the New Orleans Saints’ pay-for-performance scheme, one of many revelations as the league announced sanctions Wednesday. It wasn’t disclosed by the NFL if the bounties were literally placed on the stars’ heads, a scary thought for player safety advocates. “When you hear about [...]
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