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Rural Schools, Medical Facilities Partner for Athletic Training Services
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Michael Popke,
April 2013
Athletic trainer Jodie Smith has logged more than 2,500 miles in a single month, traveling between eight schools in and around Billings, Mont. Seven of those schools are K-12 facilities, with the number of high school students at each one ranging from 21 to almost 300. ...
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Concussions: Bridging Gap Between Athletic, Academic Departments
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Michael Popke,
January 2013
David Hayward began thinking differently about his job the day the parents of a student-athlete at Highland High School in Gilbert, Ariz., expressed frustration to him about their son's lack of academic progress while recovering from a concussion.
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School Board Member Paul Butler Talks About Ending Football
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Paul Steinbach,
December 2012
When Paul Butler called it a moral imperative for fellow members of the Dover, N.H., school board to at least consider discontinuing football in light of mounting research on long-term brain injuries, he did so during a meeting largely attended by empty chairs.
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New Youth Football Concussion Policies Emphasize Prevention, Education
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Emily Attwood,
September 2012
Football safety has progressed by leaps and bounds since the days when the "flying wedge" — the human battering ram linked to multiple deaths in the game each year during the late 19th century — was officially outlawed.
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Helmets at the Center of Battle to Tame Concussions
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Michael Popke,
September 2012
No football season in memory has begun with as much emphasis on helmet safety at nearly all levels of the game as the 2012 campaign. Pop Warner Football has banned head-to-head hits.
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Fighting in Ice Hockey Faces Unprecedented Scrutiny
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Paul Steinbach,
May 2012
Derek Boogaard’s brain is handled with care these days. It resides with dozens of others at Boston University, donated to the Sports Legacy Institute so that it might be studied for signs of long-term damage.
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Recreation Department Is First to Require Concussion Testing
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Joe Bush,
August 2011
Vinny Ciurciu, a linebacker for the NFL's Detroit Lions, suffered two concussions during the 2010 season. He sat out two games after the first one, and then a glancing blow to the head on his return was all it took to trigger renewed symptoms.
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Baseline Testing for Concussions Gains Popularity
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Catherine Liewen,
January 2011
Nathan Stiles, a senior football player at Spring Hill (Kan.) High School, was playing an epic game against Osawatomie High on a Thursday night last October. He already had 65- and 18-yard touchdown runs when he came out of the game after being tackled near the sideline just before halftime.
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Sports Medicine Gains Unprecedented Strength in Minimizing High School Risk
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Nicholas Brown,
December 2010
As high school injury data mounts, sports medicine gains unprecedented focus in minimizing risk.
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Uniform Sensors Measure Impact of Blocks, Tackles
By
Michael Popke,
October 2010
The San Franscisco 49ers are helping researchers learn more about the biomechanics of football injuries.
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