Kinesiology 1080A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Traumatic Brain Injury, Motor Neuron Disease

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 1080A/B
• Professor: Matthew Heath

Document Summary

Topic one- concussion mild traumatic brain injury (mtbi) the translation of mechanical forces to the brain (sheer force) \ sheer damage to the brain"s neural and glial networks. Frontal and temporal lobes are most susceptible to injury and. Coup damage- injuries are present on the brain directly below the site of impact. Brain will concussion bounce off of the frontal lobe. Contrecoup- injuries affect the side of the brain opposite from where impact occurred. Cdc estimates between 50,000 and 300,000 concussion in sport/yr. In ncaa football an athlete with previous concussion is 5. 8 times more likely to sustain multiple concussions. Athletes with multiple concussions recover much slower than athletes who have experiences a single concussion. Athletes with multiple concussions show poorer memory recall than athletes with a single concussion when tested two days post concussion. Athletes with multiple concussion show performance that is 7. 7 worse than single concussion athletes in a memory recall test.