Concussions Should be Taken Seriously (Orlando Sentinel)
September 29, 2009 - Neurologists say Americans don't take concussions seriously enough, and warn that if you have more than one concussion, your brain suffers cumulative damage that could add up to memory loss or permanent damage.

Sports Imperative: Protecting Young Brains (The New York Times)
August 24, 2009 - If young athletes want to preserve their brains after a head injury, however minor, the typical jock advice to suck it up and get back in the game is not only bad, it’s potentially life-threatening.

Girls Lacrosse: Yellow Cards Have Some Seeing Red (The Baltimore Sun)
BALTIMORE - March 19, 2009 - In an attempt to rein in what some believe has become overly aggressive play and preserve the integrity of the women's game, officials will be calling it more tightly. Cards and stiffer penalties will be assessed more frequently.

Head, Face, and Eye Injuries in Scholastic and Collegiate Lacrosse:
A 4-Year Prospective Study
This article was originally published online January 4, 2007 in the American Journal of Sports Medicine. The authors gathered data on 507,000 girls' and boys' high school and 649,573 women’s and men’s college lacrosse athletic exposures using sport-specific injury surveillance systems over four seasons. They identified the most common scenarios for head, face, and eye injuries.

US Lacrosse Lauches AED Public Service Announcement
BALTIMORE - May 24, 2008 - US Lacrosse has launched a national public service announcement designed to educate the lacrosse community about the value of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs), the rare condition known as commotio cordis, and the importance of developing an emergency medical plan to react to player injury.
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Descriptive Epidemiology of Collegiate Men’s Lacrosse Injuries
Published in the Journal of Athletic Training in 2007, this report reviews 16 years of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) injury surveillance data for men’s lacrosse and identifies potential areas for injury prevention initiatives.

Descriptive Epidemiology of Collegiate Women’s Lacrosse Injuries
Published in the Journal of Athletic Training in 2007, this partner report to the men's report cited above, reviews 16 years of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) injury surveillance data for women’s lacrosse and identifies potential areas for injury prevention initiatives.

Epidemiology of Lacrosse Injuries in High School-Aged Girls and Boys:
A 3-Year Prospective Study
Published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine in 2005, the authors gathered data on girls' and boys' lacrosse injuries for 359,040 high school and 28,318 summer camp athletic exposures using a lacrosse-specific computerized injury surveillance system. They found that the overall injury rates for boys' and girls' high school lacrosse were significantly lower than those for collegiate play. Significant differences existed between adolescent boys and girls with respect to injury mechanisms, body parts injured, and player and team activity at the time of injury. MORE

NCAA, Athletic Trainers Seek Ways to Stop Fatal Chest Blows (Associated Press)
INDIANAPOLIS — The death of a Cornell lacrosse player brought together a group of doctors, athletic trainers, manufacturers and others Monday to discuss ways to decrease the risk of chest injuries and how to treat them. MORE 

NCAA, NATA Host Productive Summit on Rare Sudden Death Condition (NCAA News)
Athletes step onto the field with an assumption of risk that they may be injured as part of play. What athletes do not commonly think about is their risk for cardiac arrest. Even though cardiac arrest is not common, it does occur in otherwise healthy athletes. MORE

Sports Science and Safety Newsletter Update (May, 2005)

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