The shifting media discourse surrounding head injuries in association football
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چکیده
Until recently, there has been a lack of significance placed on concussion in association football, particularly mainstream media coverage. Contemporary incidents and research show that traumatic brain injuries, which may result
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Head and neck injuries in football (soccer)
Epidemiology Head injuries are estimated to comprise from 4% to 22% of the total injuries in football (Tysvaer, 1992; Powell and Barber-Foss, 1999; Kirkendall et al., 2001). While most of the research regarding head injuries in football has focused on concussions, more severe head injuries do occur. Injuries such as skull fractures and internal head injuries are too infrequent to study prospect...
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عنوان ژورنال: Academia letters
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2771-9359']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20935/al488