Concussion

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A graduate of the University of Southern Maine with a bachelor's degree in psychology and biology in 1991, Dr.

However, indirect traumatic forces elsewhere in the body can lead to an acute acceleration/deceleration injury to the brain, which can also lead to a concussion. While the pile of concussion books in my office continues to grow taller, seemingly with every passing day, one that will stay at the top of the very short pile of my favorites is Back in the Game: Why Concussion Doesn’t Have To End Your Athletic Career (Oxford University Press, New York 2016) by sports neurologist Jeffrey Kutcher, M. Das Buch ist nicht von Herrn Bennet Omalu geschrieben sondern von Jeanne Marie Laskas aufgrund von Recherchen und Interviews mit Dr.

Omalu had been supported and encouraged to continue to study CTE, its causes and potential remedies, instead of being shoved off the stage. The answer is concussion – the title of Michael Lipman’s heartfelt account of the collapse of his career as a rugby union player. Peters’ work is in the greatest tradition of British journalism: fearless, unstoppable and committed to righting a profound wrong.

For Frankie, it’s the painful reality of living with someone with CTE and early onset dementia – you have to be the carer, the mediator when tempers fray, the sole head of the family and a support person when the sufferer turns to addiction as an outlet. For Michael, there’s the loss of a sense of purpose, and increasing self-doubt as his memory eludes him.

It tells the story of Pauline, who was 33 when a late football tackle caused a bleed in her brain which went undiscovered for 18 months. He explains how it works there, six years, then a clinical internship, then mandated paramilitary service—three years doctoring in a rural village in the mountains. But with the discovery of CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, in the brains of deceased footballers, it is now known that the onset of a form of dementia, caused by repeated concussions, can strike people as young as their thirties and forties. Assessment of a patient with a possible concussion should include gathering information on the mechanism of injury, the symptoms the patient is experiencing, the timing of symptom onset, and the severity and persistence of symptoms. Sandel’s exceptional storytelling and clinical expertise, Shaken Brain sheds light on the myths and misunderstandings surrounding concussions, and their consequential impact on so many lives.