Kinesiology 2236A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Retrograde Amnesia, Dazed, J Sports
20 Apr 2016
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Your 12-year-old rush end dives for a loose ball in practice and strikes his head on the ground. He answers all the important questions, has a 7/10 headache and is ready to go. Initially he is dazed but soon wants back in the drills. He reports he awoke with a bad headache but has felt okay since lunch. You have a 7:00 game against the top team, which is two points ahead of you. His parents say he is going to play and that they have just spent $ on a new helmet. What do you do: can"t go back in, has symptoms next day, so can"t play o. A complex pathophysiological process affecting the brain, induced by biomechanical forces . 1: brain strikes skull on opposite side- injury on both sides. 2 brain rotates- stretches or tears structures/vessels as it shears in itself. 3 more troublesome than linear- damage caused by spin.
