Concussions in Sports

Preface; NFL Players & Efforts to Protect them from Concussions; Legal Issues Relating to Football Head Injuries (Statement of John Conyers, Jr); Testimony of Roger Goodell, Commissioner, National Football League, Hearing on "Legal Issues Relating to Football Head Injuries"; Testimony of DeMaurice Smith, Executive Director, National Football League Players Association, Hearing on "Legal Issues Relating to Football Head Injuries"; Testimony of Gay Culverhouse, Ed.D., Hearing on "Legal Issues Relating to Football Head Injuries"; Testimony of Andrew M Tucker, MD, Medical Director, Sports Medicine, Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD, Member, NFL Committee on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Head Team Physician, Baltimore Ravens; Testimony of Robert C Cantu, MD, Hearing on "Legal Issues Relating to Football Head Injuries"; Written Testimony of Christopher Nowinski, Co-Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, Boston University School of Medicine, President & CEO, Sports Legacy Institute; Written Testimony of Ann C McKee, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology & Pathology, Boston University School of Medicine; Testimony of Julian Bailes, MD, Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at West Virginia University School of Medicine; Hearing on Legal Issues Relating to Football Head Injuries, Part II (Statement of Chairman John Conyers, Jr.); Testimony of DeMaurice Smith, Executive Director, National Football League Players Association; Statement of Joseph C. Maroon, MD, Professor & Vice-Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Heindl Scholar in Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Team Neurosurgeon, The Pittsburgh Steelers; Statement of David Klossner, NCAA Director of Health & Safety; Testimony of Bob Colgate, Assistant Director, National Federation of State High School Associations; Statement of Bennet I Omalu, MD, MBD, MPH, Forensic Pathologist/Neuropathologist/Anatomic Pathologist, Co-Director, Brain Injury Research Institute, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, & others; Written Statement of Ira R Casson; Testimony of Vincent R Ferrara, MD, MBA, Founder & CEO, Xenith LLC; Testimony of P David Halstead; Written Testimony of Randall R. Benson, MD, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine; Testimony of Jeffrey Kutcher, MD, University of Michigan, Department of Neurology, Director, Michigan NeuroSport; Written Testimony of Christopher Nowinski, Co-Director, Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, Boston University School of Medicine; Testimony of Robert L Schmidt, Chairman/Co-Founder, Vincent T Lombardi Foundation; Chairman Miller Statement at Committee Hearing on "The Impact of Concussions on High School Athletes"; Concussion in High School Sports: Overall Estimate of Occurrence is not Available, but Key State Laws & Nationwide Guidelines Address Injury Management (Statement of Linda T Kohn, Director, Health Care, (GAO)); Testimony of Gerard A Gioia, PhD, Chief, Division of Pediatric Neuropsychology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC; Testimony of Michael T Monacelli, Director of Athletics, Football Coach, Caledonia-Mumford Central School District; Testimony of Michelle Pelton, Former Student Athlete, Age 19; Testimony of James Schmutz, Executive Director, American Sport Education Program, A Division of Human Kinetics; Statement of Vikas Kapil, D.O., M.P.H., FACOEM, Associate Director for Science, National Center for Injury Prevention & Control, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services; Testimony of Joel S Brenner, MD, MPH, FAAP, American Academy of Pediatrics; Index.