Football

Concussions/injuries
How do concussions/injuries affect football players
health and performance?
Andrew Bradshaw
 Source 1 Title: All About Professional Football Football And Player
Safety

Authors: Phil Barber

Summary: This book gives me an idea of
different kinds of football injuries and
how fatal or serious they are to football
player’s health. It also describes how
many injuries impact players
performance physical such as memory
loss (forget plays or ect) balance
(running or just playing in general)
And screws up with your coordination,
and vision which all of these
components are huge when it comes to
playing football.
Source 1 Title: All About Professional Football Football And Player
Safety

Information Gathered: Question Support:It shows

5 Facts how football players' injuries
1. CTE is a condition when the brain deteriorates over a
affect their life.Shows how
period of time because of repeated blows to the head. concussions are serious and
2. A concussion can cause loss of consciousness, but
it's clear now that this isnt always the case. Symptoms can be fatal. Shows how much
can include headaches, nausea, memory loss, and
problems with concentration, balance, and safety goes into the game, how
coordination. to prevent it and stuff but also it
3. Its a problem that results in short-term pain and

4.
mental impairment.
Includes dementia, depression and neurological
impacts lives and it's not a 100
issues. Some would go so far as to say its killing our percent that you're not going to
football heroes.
5. According to the 2015 NFL health and safety report, get hurt.
the average NFL game includes 27 health providers to
help oversee the players welfare.
Source 2 Title : Football Players' Perceptions of Future Risk of
Concussion and Concussion-Related Health Outcomes

Authors: Christine M.
Summary: This article gives me an
Baugh, Emily Kroshus,
idea of how football players injuries
Patrick T. Kiernan, David and concussions affect their health
Mendel, and William P. because it describes different
Meehan III diseases and long term effects of
concussions. This article also
describes current affects football
players might face after or during
concussion protocol or symptoms.
 Source 2 Title: Football Players' Perceptions of Future Risk of
Concussion and Concussion-Related Health Outcomes
Information Gathered:

1. Concussions are increasingly risk of

participation in contact and collision Question Support: This
sports.
2. Repetitive concussions are associated with supports my question by
long-term consequences, affecting the
person years or decades later. further explaining the risk of
3. Concussion results in symptoms that
affect physical, cognitive, and emotional getting a concussion and
health. Symptoms of sport-related
concussions include loss of injuries and how it can affect
consciousness, amnesia, sleep
disturbances, behavioral changes, and you in the future and
cognitive impairment.
4. A big proportion of college football players performance.
believe they will have long-term health
consequences as a result of sustaining
sport-related concussions.
5. CTE, is a disease has been found in the
brains of persons exposed to repetitive
brain trauma through contact sports.
 Source 3 Title: Concussion in Professional Football: Injuries
Involving 7 or More Days Out—Part 5

Authors: Pellman, Elliot J.

M.D.; Viano, David C. Dr. Summary: This article helped me
med., Ph.D.; Casson, Ira R. find history and timeline about
M.D.; Arfken, Cynthia Ph.D.; concussions back then and now it
Powell, John Ph.D. informed me about the concussion
protocol and staying out until fully
recovered. And finally it gave me the
statistics of how and what type of
position gets hurt the most
Source 3 Title: Concussion in Professional Football: Injuries
Involving 7 or More Days Out—Part 5

Information Gathered: Question Support:

1. From 1996 to 2001, reporting of
concussion was performed by NFL teams
This supports my question
using a special standardized reporting by giving me tons of
form filled out by team physicians.
2. The most vulnerable players for 7+ days statistics and loads of
out with concussion were quarterbacks
and the secondary in professional football. informal information about
3. Signs and symptoms are grouped by
symptoms, complaints, nerve effects, the sport and history of
cognition problems, memory issues, and
unconsciousness. concussions in football
4. In all, 887 concussions were reported in
practices and games.
5. There were 72 concussions (8.1%)
involving 7+ days out from play. The
highest frequency occurred in
quarterbacks
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Graphic
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This pie chart describes some (not all) positions in football and how
frequently they get concussions and recover from it.
Graphic Visual

This chart shows which position gets hurt most often in more depth (offense)
Research Reflection- Answer in complete sentences
1. Why did you choose this topic?
Because I love football but i also except that there is risk involved and short and long
term effects
2. What makes your topic/ research question relevant today?
Because a lot of people like football but either don't care or just don't know about the
risks involved in playing football or other similar contact sports.
3. What was the most surprising thing you learned regarding your topic
and why?
How common a concussion or injury is in a contact sport like football and i
learned about concussion protocol more in depth
4. What new questions do you have regarding your topic after doing some
research?
How many people die or are seriously hurt for life from brain concussions or brain
related illnesses or diseases?
5. What was most difficult about this research project?
The most difficult thing about this project was Finding reliable sources and good facts
 Work Cited Page → MLA Format
Remember to copy and paste the MLA Citations in ABC order.

Source 1 : It was a book from the cart in the hallway. Author :

Phil Barber
Baugh, Christine M., et al. "Football
players' perceptions of future risk of
Source 2 : concussion and concussion-related
health outcomes." Journal of
neurotrauma 34.4 (2017): 790-797.

Pellman, Elliot J., et al. "Concussion in

Source 3 : professional football: Injuries involving 7
or more days out—Part 5."
Neurosurgery55.5 (2004): 1100-1119.
Table of Contents
Slide 1: Introduction Slide (Your name, Topic, Research Slide 8 - Graphic Visual
Question)
Slide 9 - Graphic Visual
Slide 2- Source 1 Credibility (author, Type of source, Summary)
Slide 10- Reflection: (What makes your Topic/ Research
Question Relevant to our lives today?
Slide 3- Source 1 Facts (Information gathered/ How does it
answer your question?) Slide 11- Work Cited

Slide 4- Source 2 Credibility (author, Type of source, Summary) Slide 12- Table of Contents

Slide 5- Source 2 Facts (Information gathered/ How does it **You must include ONE symbolic picture/ Graphic to
answer your question?) represent EACH source you use** (3 pictures total) (5 if
you include the graphs you create) **
Slide 6- Source 3 Credibility (author, Type of source, Summary)

Slide 7- Source 3 Facts (Information gathered/ How does it

answer your question?)