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re: USC concussion test - to allow Robert Woods back in the game

Posted on 10/9/12 at 1:10 pm to
Posted by stapuffmarshy
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Member since Apr 2010
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Posted on 10/9/12 at 1:10 pm to
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after he staggered, wobbled, spun and then collapsed face-first at midfield


I guess people think this makes it a concussion???



cause it doesn't fwiw


you can be knocked loopy without sustaining a concussion......that's why they have test

and this test was/is fine. no different than what is the score or what quarter is it


if he answered the 3 ?'s spot on what's the issue???

Posted by ctalati32
Member since Sep 2007
4060 posts
Posted on 10/9/12 at 1:58 pm to
quote:

quote:

after he staggered, wobbled, spun and then collapsed face-first at midfield


I guess people think this makes it a concussion???

cause it doesn't fwiw

you can be knocked loopy without sustaining a concussion......that's why they have test

and this test was/is fine. no different than what is the score or what quarter is it

if he answered the 3 ?'s spot on what's the issue???


actually the American Academy of Neurology defines a concussion as "a trauma-induced alteration in mental status that may or may not involve loss of consciousness." (Source LINK)
So his loss of balance and inability to run back to the side line is technically a concussion...

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