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MEDICAL: CONDITIONS: CONCUSSIONS :
SPORTS: FOOTBALL: AMERICAN:
Why the NFL Sucks at Testing for Concussions
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Why the NFL Sucks at Testing for Concussions
By Sean Conboy
12.28.126:30 AM
Wired
http://www.wired.com/playbook/2012/12/nfl-sideline-concussion-testing/
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The only thing more troubling than the hit that rattled Calvin Johnsons
brain was what happened when he finally got back up.
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The Detroit Lions star receiver had leaped gracefully to catch a pass
thrown by Matt Stafford, but the ball sailed just beyond his grasp.
Johnson was still airborne when Chad Greenway of the arch-rival Minnesota
Vikings hit him squarely in the face mask with the crown of his helmet.
The leagues best receiver landed in a heap, writhing on the turf. Ford
Field fell silent. Greenway backed away, hands on his head, visibly
shaken.
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Trainers rushed to Johnsons aid. Minutes later, they led him from the
field. Upon reaching the sideline, Johnson fell to his knees and clutched
his head. If ever there was a defining image of the epidemic of
concussions sweeping the NFL, Johnson embodied it.
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What happened next shows the NFL despite a lot of talk, a national
television campaign hailing its devotion to improved safety and a $30
million donation to the National Institutes of Health to study brain
trauma still cannot claim to have a coherent, effective way of dealing
with concussions, let alone adequate tools for diagnosing them on the
field.
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Just 11 minutes and 44 seconds after taking a hit that should have ended
his game, Johnson returned to the field. It was the fourth quarter, after
all, and the Lions were down 14 points to a division rival. There was no
question hed play. Its a part of football, Johnson told Detroits WXYT-FM
the following day. You get concussed, you gotta keep on playing.
Even more stunning, Johnson and his own coach cant agree on what happened.
Four days after the Sept. 30 matchup, Johnson announced hed finished the
game with a concussion. Not so, insists Lions head coach Jim Schwartz, who
asserted at a press conference that Johnson was thoroughly checked on the
sideline and cleared to resume playing.
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Therein lies the problem. Johnson may well have been cleared to resume
playing. Whether he was fit to resume playing is another question
entirely, one that is notoriously difficult to answer on the sidelines
because, several neurologists allege, the NFL lacks the tools needed to do
so.
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This problem comes as the NFL scrambles to address a crisis thats been
building since 2002, when Steelers center Mike Webster died of a heart
attack at the age of 50. An autopsy revealed a brain mottled by a protein
called tau, which typically is found in those with Alzheimers disease. But
Webster didnt have Alzheimers. He had a degenerative brain disease that
has come to haunt professional football: chronic traumatic encephalopathy
(CTE).
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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