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18 results for university florida athletic association concussion databank
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Delayed concussion reporting may sideline college athletes for several more days
Athletes who wait to report a concussion may experience longer recovery times, say University of Florida researchers who found that college players who delayed…
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Headgear significantly reduces girls’ lacrosse concussions, landmark UF Health study finds
Female high school lacrosse players are significantly less likely to sustain concussions and other injuries if they wear headgear, a landmark study led by…
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Heads in the Game: 3 ways UF experts are treating and preventing concussions
The shattering crunch of two football players — two hundred pounds of flesh, muscle, plastic, metal and foam colliding with 10 times more G-force than an F-16…
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Sports Injury Education and Prevention: Concussions, Heat Illness and Sudden Cardiac Death
Summertime in Florida means high temperatures, recreational sports and a rise of serious sports-related injuries, such as concussions, heat illness and sudden…
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UF using sensors to monitor dangerous hits on football field
In football, a tackle can supply 100 G’s of force or more, well above the amount that can cause a concussion and more than 10 times the force of an F-16 jet…
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Small changes to football practices can yield large reduction in head impacts, UF Health researchers find
Shortening the time spent on the highest-risk football drills could reduce the equivalent of nearly a year’s worth of head impacts over the course of a typical…
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UF study finds retired NFL players’ thoughts about pain may be more significant than the pain itself
NFL retirees who worry excessively about their pain or believe it will never get better, also known as pain catastrophizing, are more likely to have moderate…
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UF celebrates 50 years of Gatorade
The research question posed to University of Florida professor J. Robert Cade, M.D., and his research fellows in 1965 was a simple one: Why were so many Gator…
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UF Health researcher urges updated youth baseball guidelines to prevent pitching injuries
The director of the University of Florida Health Throwing Clinic is urging the nation’s youth baseball community to adopt stricter rules to prevent pitching…
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Ex-NFL players’ opioid use in early retirement predicts mental health challenges, UF study finds
Half of former NFL players who used opioids early in their retirement were still using opioids nine years later, according to a new University of Florida…