What are the risks of concussion in contact sports?

If you play a contact sport like football, or know someone who does, what should you know about concussions and health risks?

Not being the most active person around, I asked Doug Martini, a PhD student in the University of Michigan Neurosport Research Laboratory, what he thought it was important to know. And this video is the result!

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FURTHER INFORMATION AND READING
General:
University of Michigan Neurosport Research Laboratory: http://kines.umich.edu/lab/neurosport...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
http://www.cdc.gov/concussion/
http://www.cdc.gov/concussion/headsup...

Consensus statement on concussion in sport: the 4th International Conference on Concussion in Sport held in Zurich, November 2012
http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/47/5/250....

National Athletic Trainers Association Position Statement on the Management of Sport Concussion
http://www.nata.org/News%20Release/na...

Research papers:

Broglio, S.P., et al., The persistent effects of concussion on neuroelectic indices of attention. J Neurotrauma, 2009. 26(9): p. 1463-1470. DOI: 10.1089/neu.2008.0766. http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1089/neu.2008.0766

Pontifex, M.B., et al., The association between mild traumatic brain injury history and cognitive control. Neuropsychologia, 2009. 47(14): p. 3210-3216. DOI: doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.07.021 http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.neuro...

Martini, D.N., et al., The chronic effects of concussion on gait. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2011. 92(4): p. 585-589. DOI: doi:10.1016/j.apmr.2010.11.029 http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.apmr....

Sosnoff, J.J., et al., Previous mild traumatic brain injury and postural control dynamics. J Athl Train, 2011. 46(1): p. 85-91. DOI: 10.4085/1062-6050-46.1.85 http://dx.doi.org/ 10.4085/1062-6050-46.1.85

Breedlove, E.L., et al., Biomechanical correlates of symptomatic and asymptomatic neurophysiological impairment in high school football. J Biomech, 2012. 45(7) pp1265-1272. DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.01.034 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech....

Talavage, T.M., et al., Functionally-detected cognitive impairment in high school football players without clinically-diagnosed concussion. J Neurotrauma, 2010. 31(4): pp327-338. DOI: 10.1089/neu.2010.1512 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/neu.2010.1512

Bazarian, J.J., et al., Subject-specific changes in brain white matter on diffusion tensor imaging after sports-related concussion. Magn Reson Imaging, 2011. 30(2): p. 171-180. DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2011.10.001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mri.2011....

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