And now it has been shown that Aaron Hernandez's CTE was one of the worst they have found.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_ ... ere_damage
And now it has been shown that Aaron Hernandez's CTE was one of the worst they have found.
I am probably not a great subject for this, but you gave me the only concussion I have ever received.Chadwick wrote:I would volunteer for this testing.
-Keith.
Aaron wrote:Valid concerns with traumatic brain injury will unfortunately destroy heavy fighting in the SCA. The good news is we'll have fencing.
Repeated denting of 12 ga helms will be grounds for retraining and/or lost of fighting privileges.Diglach Mac Cein wrote:Aaron wrote:Valid concerns with traumatic brain injury will unfortunately destroy heavy fighting in the SCA. The good news is we'll have fencing.
If we changed our rules for helmet padding (No blue foam or similar foam like yoga mat, etc.) nd mandated heavier guage helms (IMO 14g should be the minimum), it would be a start.
Calibration is going to be harder to change.
I would also want to see the minimum padding changed to 1"Diglach Mac Cein wrote:Aaron wrote:Valid concerns with traumatic brain injury will unfortunately destroy heavy fighting in the SCA. The good news is we'll have fencing.
If we changed our rules for helmet padding (No blue foam or similar foam like yoga mat, etc.) nd mandated heavier guage helms (IMO 14g should be the minimum), it would be a start.
Calibration is going to be harder to change.
Paul the Small wrote:The spirit is wiling, but the bank account is weak.
Doing okay, Aaron, thanks for checking. As I stated earlier, I have been diagnosed with repetitive concussion syndrome, which has led, directly, to me losing at least 4 career positions since 2005.Aaron wrote:Hey Lloyd, how are you doing? I just want you to check in and confirm you are OK.
Chadwick wrote:If I was designing a CTE study, I would be interested in the following groups:
- football players,
- hockey players,
- boxers,
- long term SCA fighters.
Football and hockey to establish baselines;
Boxers and Long term SCA fightes as comparison to football and hockey.
If the weight of the head protection results in an effective lower incidence rate of CTE,
then I would expect that long term SCA fighters should demonstrate lower rates than Football/Hockey,
and Football/Hockey should demonstrate lower rates that Boxers.
If the weight of the head protection does not effectively mitigate the CTE incidence rate,
then I would expect that the rate should correspond to the rate of impacts and thus
Boxers/long term SCA fighters should demonstrate higher rates than Football/Hockey players.
-Keith.
Good to hear that you are doing well!Lloyd wrote:Doing okay, Aaron, thanks for checking. As I stated earlier, I have been diagnosed with repetitive concussion syndrome, which has led, directly, to me losing at least 4 career positions since 2005.Aaron wrote:Hey Lloyd, how are you doing? I just want you to check in and confirm you are OK.
Not easy by any means, but I can't stress enough how important your family and a solid support structure around you is when you have these invisible injuries.
I trust that as far as I can throw the Washington Monument.Baron Eirik wrote:Saw this on the news last night, too.
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencen ... story.html
"FDA approves first blood test that can help diagnose a concussion"