subconcussive

The recent revelations regarding head trauma in the league suggest that it's not the diagnosed concussions that cause the long-term problems, it's the repeated, day-to-day banging, the subconcussive collisions that mince the brain.

Why a Lockout Would Be Good for Football Nate Jackson 2011

Is Mr. Ovechkin risking subconcussive, long-term brain damage doing this?

The Hurt-Yourself Hall of Fame 2010

Is it one or two or three big concussions, or is it a combination of concussions and subconcussive blows to the brain?

CNN Transcript Dec 22, 2009 2009

ROBERT CANTU, SPORTS LEGACY INSTITUTE, EMERSON HOSPITAL NEUROSURGERY CHIEF: Well, Larry, prior to Chris Benoit's brain being examined by Sports Legacy Institute, four prior brains had been looked at and all four of them had chronic traumatic encephalopathy -- brain damage due to concussive and cumulative subconcussive brain injuries.

CNN Transcript Sep 6, 2007 2007

CTE, originally referred to as "dementia pugilistica" because it was thought to only affect boxers, is a progressive brain disease believed to be caused by repetitive trauma to the brain, including concussions or subconcussive blows.

Breaking News: CBS News 2011

Carpenter is the latest former athlete to be diagnosed with C.T.E., and the results are leading researchers down a new, troubling path: Damage may be caused as much or more by the low-level, or subconcussive, blows to the heads as by the big hits that leave a player wobbly.

NYT > Home Page By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 2011

In an effort to reduce the number of concussions and subconcussive hits, Ivy League football teams will be allowed to have just two full-contact practices a week, three less than the NCAA allows.

The Seattle Times 2011

With more studies on ex-players' brains finding cases of CTE, a degenerative disease exacerbated by concussions and subconcussive hits to the head, it's becoming clear that treating a concussion as a "ding" or cobwebs that one needs to shake is a form of coaching malpractice.

Forbes.com: News Bob Cook 2011

Ivy League takes a stand: In an effort to reduce the number of concussions and subconcussive hits, Ivy League teams will be allowed to have only two full-contact practices a week, three fewer than the NCAA allows.

SFGate: Top News Stories Associated Press 2011

The discovery of this new ALS-like disease by the BU CSTE investigators suggests that one possible reason for the increased risk of clinically diagnosed ALS in veterans and in contact sport athletes may be the exposure to repetitive head trauma, including concussions, subconcussive blows and blast injuries.

RedOrbit News - Technology 2010