Kinesiology 3480A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Computer Mouse, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, Traumatic Brain Injury

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 3480A/B
• Professor: Matthew Heath

Document Summary

Linked to participation in contact sports and results in: Cte is thought to be the result of repetitive brain trauma that occurs with/without symptomatic concussion: 3. Athletes in contact sport such as football may experience sub concussive impacts on the order of. In high school, an athlete who plays both defensive and offensive may experience more than 2000 sub concussive impacts (more for linemen and linebackers: 4. Mild traumatic brain injury (mtbi) results from a force transmitted to the head that leads to a collision between the brain and skull or to a strain on the tissue and vasculature of the brain. Symptoms of mtbi can typically resolve in a matter of weeks: 5. Recent research has shown a s strong link between concussion and cte. The more frequency you are diagnosed with having a brain injury, the more likely you are to develop cte. Clinical chronic traumatic encephalopathy (cte: clinical presentation of cte.