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Ever since the first collegiate football game on November 6, 1869, the need to reduce injuries has played a major role in finding ways to improve the safety of the sport through rule and equipment changes. This study looks at the history of football injuries by decade and critically analyzes important circumstances in football relating to fatalities and catastrophic injuries (equipment, rules, coaching, medical care, etc.). Attention is also given to the history of brain and spinal injuries as well as heart-related and heat stroke fatalities and how their detection and treatment has changed during the past 75 years. A chapter discusses the history of NOCSAE and its effect on helmet standards and a chapter by Herb Appenzeller discusses risk management in football programs.
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Dr. Frederick O. Mueller is a professor and former Department Chair of Exercise Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he has taught for over 40 years. He is currently the Director of the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research which is located at UNC-Chapel Hill. A founding member and chairman of the Sports Legacy Institute Medical Advisory Board, Robert C. Cantu, MD is also an adjunct professor of exercise and sport science and medical director of the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research at the University of North Carolina. He is also director of sports medicine at Emerson Hospital and neurosurgical consultant for the Boston Eagles football team and neurosurgical consultant for the Boston Cannons professional soccer team. Dr. Cantu also consults with numerous NFL, NHL and NBA teams. Cantu is a clinical professor of neurosurgery and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at Boston University School of Medicine.
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"The facts are shocking, sobering, and ultimately sad, especially with so many of the catastrophes occurring at the high school level.... The authors' data show that while some progress has been made, more must be achieved. This book will be a useful addition to libraries serving sports enthusiasts. Summing Up: Recommended." --CHOICE Magazine
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- PublisherCarolina Academic Press
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1594604479
- ISBN 13 9781594604478
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages286
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