OUT OF MY HEAD: My Life In and Out of Football (Concussion Inc. Book 3)

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and its concussion program have released what they think is a new model to predict how long each individual may take to recover. Lead researcher on this topic is Dr. Although the actual score has not been released publicly; it will appear in the next issue of Neurosurgery. The benefits of such a specific diagnostic indicator would be tremendous for a lot of interested parties.

What is a white paper? Glad you asked it is important for context via Wikipedia ;. A white paper is an authoritative report or guide that helps solve a problem.

White papers are used to educate readers and help people make decisions, and may be a consultation as to the details of new legislation. The publishing of a white paper signifies a clear intention on the part of a government to pass new law. Ann McKee will be in the white paper as well. What began in WWE wrestling for Irv has migrated to the mainstream sports.

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Had Gretzky, in the s, been disabled long-term or for good by concussions, then the National Hockey League either would be vastly smaller-time today or would not exist at all. It is impossible to calculate the tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars in ticket sales, rights fees, and merchandise revenue that the loss of Crosby might mean for the contemporary NHL. Irvin Muchnick is a writer and investigative journalist who previously mainly focused on the WWE. Muchnick has changed gears a bit and started Concussion Inc , a website focusing on the brain injury issue.

Yesterday on his website Irv posted an article about the neurocognitive test ImPACT ; specifically about the statements from the company that baseline tests are unnecessary;. In a finding that exposes just how aggressively, misleadingly, and perniciously ImPACT concussion management software is being marketed, Concussion Inc. I will freely admit that early on I truly believed that the need for a baseline was secondary due to the wealth or lack there of of information regarding normative data.

Normative data can be useful for a myriad of issues but I have since corrected my thinking and fully understand that a baseline test is needed for proper clinical evaluation of a concussion. In the case of not getting baseline information on an athlete which can be as subjective as knowing the individual there is nothing to refer to for return to activity other than the patients subjective responses. He was recently nominated for a Pulitzer for his work in the area and now he has moved on. I echo the sentiments of Muchnick; Schwarz opened up the national dialogue on concussions, he is one of the main reasons people have begun to pay attention.

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Muchnick has changed gears a bit and started Concussion Inc , a website focusing on the head injury issue. Irv posted, via Beyond Chron, today on his five keys to the upcoming NFL season ; as it relates to concussions;. Like sex crimes, concussions are no longer a dirty secret.

This year will feature the stories of players who resist rushing back to action after head injuries. Irvin Muchnick is a writer and investigative journalist writing focusing mainly on the WWE. Muchnick has been heavily involved in the concussion issue in the WWE and its crossover as well. Irv has written two articles in succession that take a look at the concussion issue and the NFL.

Batjer and Ellenbogen replaced the disgraced Dr. Ira Casson and Dr. David Viano, who in turn had replaced the disgraced Dr. Though Batjer and Ellenbogen promised to sweep out the Augean stable of league head injury custodians, they have done nothing of the sort. Joseph Maroon, whose corrupt involvement in this sordid history has been extensively documented by me, remains on the committee.

And in July the two new co-chairs reversed a commitment not to release an ambiguously worded NFL helmet safety study with limited or no value for the broader universe of amateur helmet consumers. Irv has been and will continue to be looking at how the media and other entities cover the concussion issue. In sports, as in everything, we love our scandals served on a tabloid plate: That is why the sports-industrial complex can succeed in feeding the public appetite for the concussion pandemic by substituting pablum for information.

Most of us just want this thing to go away, and the National Football League and its circle of friendly media have devised an easy way out: The underlying theme is that the NFL doctors are distancing themselves from independent researchers that have put holes into the neurocognitive testing and management of concussions.

The most prominent name is Dr. Thanks to commenter SpMedConcepts I should write that one test is just a piece to the puzzle.

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