Foundations of Sport-Related Brain Injuries (eBook)
XIX, 482 Seiten
Springer US (Verlag)
978-0-387-32565-1 (ISBN)
In summarizing current insights and controversies over concussions in athletics, this book makes the vital point that symptom resolution does not necessarily mean injury resolution. Research shows that dysfunctional pathways continue for extended periods even after a minor concussion. Until the consequences of short-term perturbations and long-term residual brain dysfunctions are better understood, concussions must be treated with respect and given a higher priority for continued research activity.
This book is the partial product of a conference on concussion in athletics held at the Pennsylvania State University, April 29-30, 2004. For a number of reasons it seemed timely to hold such a conference as well as to condense our current understanding of mechanisms, predispositions, and latest developments in evaluation and managements of sport-related concussions in a single book format. Despite dramatic advances in medicine, traumatic brain injury, commonly know as concussion, is still one of the most puzzling and least understood injuries facing the sport medicine world today. There still no universal agreement assigning the level of severity the sport-related concussions nor there is any treatment besides the passage of time. Medicines' inability to fully understanding concussion, has led us to question when it is truly safe to return an athlete to full sport participation so threat for risk of re-injury is minimized. The need for a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the spo- related concussions stem from recent evidence that there are long-lasting residual behavioral, psycho-social and neural disabilities that are often overlooked using current research methods. The notion of transient and rapid symptoms resolution is misleading since symptoms resolution is frequently not indicative of injury resolution. There are no two traumatic brain injuries alike in mechanism, symptomology, or symptoms resolution. Most grading scales are based on loss of consciousness, and post-traumatic amnesia, both of which occur infrequently in sport-related mild traumatic brain injuries.
Introductory Chapter Concussion in Athletics: Ongoing Controversyz.- Introductory Chapter Concussion in Athletics: Ongoing Controversy.- Mechanisms of Concussion: From Brain to Behavior.- Neurophysiology of Concussion: Theoretical Perspectives.- Concussion Mechanisms and Pathophysiology.- The Biomechanics and Pathomechanics of Sport-Related Concussion.- Evaluation of Sport-Related Concussions.- Concussion Classification: Ongoing Controversy.- New Developments in Sports Concussion Management.- Neuropsychological Assessment Of Sports-Related Concussion: Measuring Clinically Significant Change.- Motivation and the Assessment of Sports-Related Concussion.- Neuroimaging of Traumatic Brain Injury.- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Traumatic Brain Injury and Concussion.- Fundamentals of EEG Methodology in Concussion Research.- Electroencephalography and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.- Neuroimaging in Traumatic Brain Injury.- Empirical Findings of Concussion Along Life-Span.- Pediatric Traumatic Head Injuries.- Aerobic Fitness and Concussion Outcomes in High School Football.- EEG Changes and Balance Deficits Following Concussion: One Piece of the Puzzle.- Clinical Coverage of Sport-Related Concussions.- Concussion Management: What is Our Role?.- Evolution and Mechanics of and Head Protection.- Neural, Behavioral and Psychological Effects of Injury in Athletes.- Assessment and Management of Concussion: A Neuropsychological Perspective.- Traumatic Injury in Athletics: Dialog with Collegiate Coaches.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 25.8.2006 |
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| Zusatzinfo | XX, 482 p. 95 illus., 4 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Sportmedizin | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Studium | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
| Schlagworte | Concussion • Evolution • Imaging techniques • Neurophysiology • Neuropsychology • Neuroscience • Rehabilitation • Sports injuries |
| ISBN-10 | 0-387-32565-4 / 0387325654 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-387-32565-1 / 9780387325651 |
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