Concussions and Our Kids: America's Leading Expert on How to Protect Young Athletes and Keep Sports Safe - Softcover

Cantu, Dr. Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0544102231 ISBN 13: 9780544102231

Verlag: Mariner Books, 2013

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“This is an important, cutting-edge work by the premier specialist in his field. If you watch sports, or if you have a young athlete in your family, you need to read this book.” —Dan Shaughnessy, author of The Curse of the Bambino

From Washington to Quebec, from offices at the NFL to the New York Times, from the NHL players’ union to the soccer fields of Anytown, U.S.A., people are talking about concussions. At the center of this crisis—and one of the key reasons for this increased awareness—is Dr. Robert Cantu, the country’s leading expert on athletic brain trauma and a pioneer in the study of the link between concussions and progressive brain disease in athletes.

Concussions and Our Kids is the first prescriptive book of its kind to address the issue of head trauma in sports and to offer guidelines for playing sports safely. Described as “the single most important issue in sports today,” concussions are widespread and devastating. Dr. Cantu has treated thousands of patients, from pro athletes to peewee players, and his groundbreaking research is changing how sports are played. Parents, coaches, and players can learn from this combination manifesto/manual, helping to reduce concussions now and prevent more brain trauma down the road.

“A well-researched, riveting story that every coach and parent of a young athlete should read.” —Christine Brennan, USA Today sports columnist and author ofBest Seat in the House

Biografía del autor:

ROBERT CANTU, M.D., is the chief of neurosurgery and chairman of the Department of Surgery at Emerson Hospital, and codirector of Boston University's Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy.
MARK HYMAN is a sports journalist and the author of Until It Hurts.

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• Verlag: Mariner Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0544102231
• ISBN 13: 9780544102231
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208