Concussions in Ice Hockey. How is the injuries' assessment affected by the culture surrounding the sport and media coverage?

Milla Räsänen (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

16 Seiten

2016 | 2. Aufl.
GRIN Verlag
978-3-668-16898-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Health - Sport - Theory and Practice, grade: A+, Linnaeus University (Department of Sport Science), course: Ishockey, kultur och samhälle, language: English, abstract: Concussions are a common occurence in ice hockey. It is estimated the number of concussions in ice hockey is on the rise and new knowledge about the effects of brain injury has led to growing discussion about the safety of the players. This paper explores how the prevalence of concussions and their subsequent assessment and management is affected by the culture surrounding the sport and the media covering these brain injuries.Concussions and the prolonged effects these brain injuries can result in are a cause for concern in ice hockey. Ice hockey is one of the sports with the highest amount of concussions. It is estimated that the number of concussions occurring in men's ice hockey has been on the rise since the middle of the 1990s and in recent years many prominent players have openly discussed the problems they have had to endure after sustaining a concussion, leading to growing discussion in the media and among hockey fans about concussions, hits to the head and safety of the players. The aim of this paper is to discuss concussions in men's ice hockey, with the main focus on the National Hockey League, from the 1990s to this day.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 25.03.2016
• Reihe/Serie: Akademische Schriftenreihe
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 148 x 210 mm
• Gewicht: 38 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Schlagworte: concussions • Hockey • Sport, allgemein
• ISBN-10: 3-668-16898-9 / 3668168989
• ISBN-13: 978-3-668-16898-5 / 9783668168985
• Zustand: Neuware