Arguments For and Against Youth Contact Sports by Ms. Klingler https://padlet.com/tklingler/e883inhjwo5x Create a stream of evidence around the question. "Should children be allowed to play contact sports?" Title each box with Claim: Contact sports are safe for children to play. or Claim: Contact sports are NOT safe for children to play. Comment with evidence from your reading including a quote and explanation from the reading. en-us 2017-05-23 12:09:17 UTC 2023-05-11 04:55:21 UTC hello@padlet.com Claim: Contact sports are NOT safe for children to play https://padlet.com/tklingler/e883inhjwo5x/wish/173369620 EVIDENCE:

  • “Former NFL players in the AFE <12 group performed significantly worse than the AFE ≥12 group on all measures of the WCST, NAB-LL, and WRAT-4 Reading tests after controlling for total number of years of football played and age at the time of evaluation, indicating executive dysfunction, memory impairment, and lower estimated verbal IQ.” (Stamm, 2014)
  • “….Compared with retired players with no history of concussion, retired players reporting three or more previous concussions (24.4%) were three times more likely to be diagnosed with depression; those with a history of one or two previous concussions (36.3%) were 1.5 times more likely to be diagnosed with depression.” (Guskiewicz, 2007)


CITATIONS:

Stamm, BS Julie M., MA Alexandra P. Bourlas, MPH Christine M. Baugh, BA Nathan G. Fritts, MA Daniel H. Daneshvar, MS Brett M. Martin, ScD Michael D. McClean, and Yorghos Tripodis PhD And. "Julie M. Stamm." Neurology. Web. 23 May 2017.

Guskiewicz, K. M., S. W. Marshall, J. Bailes, M. McCrea, J. R. Harding, A. Matthews, J. R. Mihalik, and R. C. Cantu. "Recurrent Concussion and Risk of Depression in Retired Professional Football Players." Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. U.S. National Library of Medicine, June 2007. Web. 23 May 2017.


]]> 2017-05-23 12:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/tklingler/e883inhjwo5x/wish/173369620 Group 3 Claim: Contact sports are NOT safe for children to play. https://padlet.com/tklingler/e883inhjwo5x/wish/173370968 -People studied: those with mild brain trauma, similar age and cause of death, people with the ApoE genotype (normal cholesterol levels), and those with a history of substance abuse
-Likely CTE is not caused through things like substance abuse, certain genomes, nor were suicides or premorbid dementia (deterioration before they died) were related to CTE
-Originally coined as "Punch Drunk Syndrome" by Harrison S. Martland in 1928, re-termed as CTE
- No systematic studies incorporating both sport and non-sport related head trauma
-Review of 153 cases (biggest study yet)]]> 2017-05-23 12:46:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tklingler/e883inhjwo5x/wish/173370968 Group 4 Claim: Contact sports are NOT safe for children to play. https://padlet.com/tklingler/e883inhjwo5x/wish/173372789 -  The highest proportion of concussion injuries occurred during running plays  and resulted from contact with another person
- tackling was responsible for 67.6% of concussions in football
- sports that have a high ratio of contact related injuries have high proportions of injury 
- 10 years ago, concussions only represented 5.5% in high school sport injuries, now concussions represent 8.9%
- high school students have more injuries than college students
- 135 901 concussions occurring nationally among high school athletes 
-  Competition-related concussion rates were highest among full-contact sports 
- with the exception of softball and baseball concussions in most sports are due to contact with another person
This data shows that sports are becoming more dangerous, and that most injuries result from contact with another person. Concussions and other brain injuries are becoming more frequent, and younger people are getting more injuries.   ]]> 2017-05-23 12:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/tklingler/e883inhjwo5x/wish/173372789