Recovering from an injury can be one of the most difficult challenges an athlete can face.  In this episode I discuss two topics related to this issue. First, I look at the growing epidemic that is sport related concussions  and consider issues related to detection, assessment, multiple concussion syndrome, and when an athlete can return to play.  Second, I discuss the role of attention in recovery from knee and elbow injuries and how we might get an athlete to stop being overly focused on their injury.
 
Technically Challenged: A few podcast recommendations
 
Links to articles discussed:
Sport-related concussions: a review of epidemiology, challenges in diagnosis, and potential risk factors
Neuropsychological testing for sports-related concussion: how athletes can sandbag their baseline testing without detection
Perceptual relearning of complex visual motion after V1 damage in humans
The effects of attentional focus on jump performance and knee joint kinematics in patients after ACL reconstruction
 
Other podcasts links:
http://www.radiolab.org
http://www.npr.org/programs/invisibilia/
http://www.eis2win.co.uk/Pages/inthezone_podcasts.aspx
http://eliteftssportsperformance.libsyn.com/
http://humanfactorsblog.org/2015/07/10/psychology-podcasts/
 
More information:
http://www.perceptionactionpodcast.libsyn.com/
My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)
My ASU Web page
Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)
Twitter: @Shakeywaits
Email: robgray@asu.edu
 
Credits:
The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action
Reigning Sound – Love Won’t Leave You With a Song
Jahzzar – Out of School
Archers – Radical Opinion
Brian Fallon – American Slang
Beans & Bullets – Love Machine
 
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