Purdue University researchers have found support for the key element in the concussion case against the NFL brought by former players: “Repetitive blows to the head produce subconcussive injury and increase the risk of long-term brain damage and cognitive decline.”
This notion has been controversial and has been viewed with skepticism in past concussion suits, and to some extent in the media.
While it has been clear for some time that concussions can cause neurological changes that may greatly affect the medical and psychological futures of football players, the Purdue Neurotrauma Group has now discovered that the cognitive abilities of even football players who never suffered are damaged. Besides pure medicine, a goal of the researchers is to increase safety for football players and have helped in developing helmet technology that reduces the impact of each trauma.
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While we first think of football when we think of brain injury, almost all sports can be at the root of brain or other serious injury, including:
- Archery
- Automobile Racing
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Biathlon
- Body Building
- Boomerang
- Bowling
- Boxing
- Camping
- Canoeing
- Caving
- Cheerleading
- Cross Country Running
- Cross Country Skiing
- Curling
- Cycling
- Diving
- Dog Training
- Down Hill Skiing
- Equestrianism
- Falconry
- Fishing
- Flag Football
- Football
- Four-wheeling (fourwheeler riding)
- Gymnastics
- Hand Ball
- Hang Gliding
- Hiking
- Hockey
- Horseshoes
- Hot Air Ballooning
- Hunting
- Jai Alai
- Judo
- Karate
- Kayaking
- Knee Boarding
- Lacrosse
- Land Sailing
- Log Rolling
- Luge
- Motorcycle Racing
- Mountain Biking
- Mountaineering
- Paint Ball
- Para Gliding
- Parachuting
- Petanque
- Quad Biking
- Racquetball
- River Rafting
- Rock Climbing
- Rodeo Riding
- Roller Skating
- Rowing
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- Sailing
- Scuba Diving
- Shot Put
- Shuffleboard
- Skateboarding
- Skeet Shooting
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- Snow Boarding
- Snow Shoeing
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- Soccer
- Speed Skating
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- Sprint Running
- Squash
- Stunt Plane Flying
- Sumo Wrestling
- Surfing
- Swimming
- Synchronized Swimming
- Table Tennis
- Taekwondo
- Tennis
- Track and Field
- Triathlon
- Tug of War
- Volleyball
- Water Polo
- Water Skiing
- Weight Lifting
- Wheelchair Basketball
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- Wind Surfing
- Wrestling
- Wushu
- Yachting
- Yoga