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 [...]
A New Way to Care for Young Brains (New York Times)
BOSTON — The drumbeat of alarming stories linking concussions among football players and other athletes to brain disease has led to a new and mushrooming American phenomenon: the specialized youth sports concussion clinic, which one day may be as common as a mall at the edge of town. In the last three years, dozens 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 [...]
Moms Push For Sports Safety (NBC)
New Youth Sports Safety Alliance calls for improved safety in school sports. As the National Football League confronts a pending lawsuit and implements new safety precautions in response to growing concerns about the long term impact of concussions, parents are visiting lawmakers on Capitol Hill. They’re pushing for better protection of the nation’s youngest athletes [...]
Parents converge on Capitol Hill to make youth sports safer (ABC)
Parents are tackling Capitol Hill with the goal of making youth sports safer. More than one hundred parents from across the nation converged on D.C., hoping to reverse some sobering numbers. High school athletes suffer two million injuries every year. Last year, there were 33 deaths from youth sports. At the “Youth Sports Safety [...]
Patrick Larimore medically retires (ESPN)
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – UCLA middle linebacker Patrick Larimore will take a medical retirement because of multiple concussions, coach Jim Mora said after practice Monday during training camp at Cal State San Bernardino. Larimore, a senior who was a team captain last season, suffered a concussion in April and sat out the latter portion of spring practice. He returned [...]
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, [...]
A 5-Concussion Pee Wee Game Leads to Penalties for the Adults (New York Times)
It took just one play on Sept. 15 to suggest the game between the Southbridge Pop Warner pee wees and their rivals, the Tantasqua Braves, could mean trouble. Two Tantasqua players were hit so hard that their coach pulled them off the field. An emergency medical technician on the sidelines evaluated the boys, grew worried [...]
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