Kinesiology 2236A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Traumatic Brain Injury, Somnolence, Sports Medicine
4 Jan 2021
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Kinesiology 2236b lecture 7: myth busting sport related concussion! Brain rotates stretches or tears structures/vessels as it shears on itself. Sport related concussion is a traumatic brain injury induced by biomechanical forces. Average number of days a player is out is 4. 73 days. High school/university athletes within 3 days of injury . Symptoms somatic (headache, dizziness, fogginess), cognitive, & emotional mood swings. Physical signs loc, amnesia, neurological deficits. If signs or symptoms in any one or more of the clinical domains are present, a src should be suspected and the appropriate management strategy instituted. 60% from head impacts you will miss 4/10 of concussions if you just look for hits to the head. Src may be caused either by a direct blow to the head, face, neck, or elsewhere on the body with an impulsive force transmitted to the head. Impacts of 100-190g 20 mph with deceleration of 14 mph. No agreed on biomechanical threshold for injury.
