Is Boxing Causing Serious Brain Injuries?

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11/1/2011
Jaclyn Nicholson
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Is Boxing Causing Serious Brain Injuries?

A new article has been uploaded to the law library.

A new policy statement released from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Canadian Paediatric Society recommends that child should not be encouraged to participate in the sport of boxing.

Brain injury is the most serious injury that can occur from boxing, and between 1918 and 1998 there were 659 boxers who died from catastrophic brain injury.

According to the policy statement, concussion is the most common injury that occurs in boxing. Following is open cuts and wounds.

Since young brains are vulnerable to injury, concussions in children and teens are of particular concern. Concussion recovery rate takes much longer in young people than in adults.

Click here to read the full article.

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), brain damage and other types of head injuries result of direct trauma to the skull and/or rapid acceleration and deceleration of the brain, including shearing (tearing) of nerve fibers, contusion (bruising) of the brain tissue against the skull, brain stem injuries, and edema (swelling). Davis Law Group is a metro Seattle personal injury law firm that specializes in handling personal injury claims involving brain injuries.

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