User:Rbg.coco/Traumatic brain injury
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[edit]A traumatic brain injury(TBI), also known as an intracranial injury, is an injury to the brain caused by an external force. TBI can be classified based on severity (ranging from mild traumatic brain injury
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[edit]Football brain related injuries
[edit]Star NFL linebacker Junior Seau[1] was just 43 years old when he took his own life last May. He suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a neurodegenerative brain disease that can follow multiple hits to the head[2]
In 2017 season on the road in Cincinnati, former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier[3] suffered a spinal contusion on Monday Night Football that left him temporarily paralyzed and ended his career[4]
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[edit]- ^ "Junior Seau", Wikipedia, 2023-01-24, retrieved 2023-02-22
- ^ Smith, Nadia Kounang,Stephanie (2013-01-10). "Seau had brain disease that comes from hits to head, NIH finds". CNN. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Ryan Shazier", Wikipedia, 2023-02-15, retrieved 2023-02-22
- ^ Kozora, Alex (2022-12-23). "Ryan Shazier Remembers His Spinal Injury, Says It Took Him A Week To Understand Severity: 'I Was In Denial'". Steelers Depot. Retrieved 2023-03-06.