Prevention of Injury. (Article - Open Access).
Creative Commons Attribution Licence. Abst: Why do ice hockey players engage in aggressive, injury-prone behaviors on ice? Key Factors: Right to revenge, the influence of parents, coaches, teammates, and media; Differences in female-male behaviors towards anger/aggression, risk of groupthink, social conformity, and social identity theory. See also: “The truth about concussions” – A story of Eric Lindros and his personal battle with sports-related concussion.
REF: Cusimano MD, Ilie G, Mullen SJ, Pauley CR, Stulberg JR, Topolovec-Vranic J, et al. (2016). Aggression, Violence and Injury in Minor League Ice Hockey: Avenues for Prevention of Injury. PLoS ONE 11(6): e0156683. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156683
Ignoring Concussion Symptoms. (Article – 2mins read).
License – CC-BY. Abst: Story of a 17-year-old rugby player who tragically passed away from second impact syndrome concussion; Includes video – 2:02mins. The story encourages athletes to speak up regarding head injuries.
REF: Rowan Stringer ignored concussion symptoms days before death. (2015, May 20). CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/rowan-stringer-ignored-concussion-symptoms-days-before-death-1.3077245
The truth about concussions. (News Article – 5mins read).
License – CC-BY. Themes: Anxiety-depression symptoms, mental health, loss of identity, suicidal thoughts, light/noise sensitivity, physical and emotional pain, Sydney Crosby, playing through pain’, and trouble concentrating. Article Extract: Players admitted that they did not fully understand the impact of concussions until they experienced it themselves.
REF: Gulli, C. (2011, May). 'The truth about concussions'. Macleans. https://www.macleans.ca/society/concussions-the-untold-story/
Concussion affects 1-10 youth athletes. (News Article – 2mins read)
Creative Commons License. Abst: discusses high incidence sport-related concussions among youth such as rugby, ice hockey, and football; Prevention includes rule changes, training strategies, equipment recommendations, legislation, and neuro-transmitter (NMT) warm-up programs. Topic of Debate: Policy changes regarding legal body checking in hockey to begin at 13 years old.
REF: Emery, C. (2020, May 26). Concussion affects 1 in 10 youth athletes every year. Here's what needs to be done. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/concussion-affects-1-in-10-youth-athletes-every-year-heres-what-needs-to-change-130061
Concussion Recovery and “Return to Learn” for parents and kids. (Video – 10:03mins).
License – CC. Abst: A very informative video that discusses 4 categories of concussion symptoms (physical, thinking, emotional, sleep issues); Describes 4p’s -prioritize, plan, pace, position (i.e. position yourself in environments where you don’t use extra brain energy); Significance of 6 steps of ‘Return to Play’.
REF: Evans, M. [Dr. Mike Evans]. (June 1, 2017). Concussion Management and Return to Learn. BrainLine. https://www.brainline.org/video/concussion-recovery-and-return-learn-parents-kids
USC Athletes on What Makes a Body Beautiful. (Video – 3:03mins).
License – CC-BY. Abst: A Group of elite athletes discuss their relationship with food and feeling pressure from society to look a certain way and pressure from their sport to have muscle and skill to compete. Message: ‘Don’t just look at my body. See my game’.
REF: The Players' Tribune. (2018, September 27). USC Athletes on What Makes a Body Beautiful [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6ab3hdUXis