What is your topic? Or what are your key words thus far?
My topic is the long term affects concussions have on a persons ability to think. My keywords are:
"concussions"
"Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy(CTE)"
"Concussions in sports"
What is your research question? Have you decided to change
it at all? And, if you have, how do I know that the way in which this question
is formulated is appropriate to conduct a literature review with a systematic
approach?
My research question is how do repeated
concussions affect a person’s ability to think, and how did the growing concern
for concussions affect professional sports. This question is appropriate due to
an increase in research into concussions and the affect they have on people,
especially athletes.
And what are the definitions on which it depends?
Concussions: A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury that is caused by a blow to the head or body, a fall, or another injury that jars or shakes the brain inside the skull
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: is a form of encephalopathy that is a progressive degenerative disease, which can currently only be definitively diagnosed postmortem, in individuals with a history of multiple concussions and other forms of head injury.
Long Term: a long interval or period
Traumatic Brain Injury: Traumatic brain injury usually results from a violent blow or jolt to the head or body
What is your hierarchy of evidence? And how do I know you
going about finding the most appropriate evidence/method for your research
question?
Case Control study
Cohort
study
Research
Case
control study will be useful because it will give us a study on how the
affectiveness of PPE changes the rate of concussions in people. Cohort study
will also help due to it targeting a specific group of people allowing us to
see where chronic concussions are mainly seen. Research will help us answer our
question on how repeated concussions affect a persons ability to think and
process information.
How do I know that the remit of the method itself is selecting the research, rather than just you on a whim? + 1 thing you found interesting + how you imagine using the source.
Kraus, J. F., Anderson, B. D.,
& Mueller, C. E. (1970). An investigation of the effectiveness of a new
helmet to control touch football head injuries. American Journal of Public
Health and the Nations Health, 60(5), 903-912.
doi:10.2105/ajph.60.5.903
This article
relates to my topic because it shows the prevelance of concussions in football
players and how the implementaitons of helmets have helped reduce the number of
concussions in players. It is a Case control study due to it having two groups
that it is testing with players wearing helmets and players not.
Article #2
Uchendu, U. S., Omalu, B. I.,
Cifu, D. X., & Egede, L. E. (2016). Repeated Concussions: Time to Spur
Action Among Vulnerable Veterans. American Journal of Public Health, 106(8),
1366-1368. doi:10.2105/ajph.2016.303293
This article is a cohort study because it is based
on a specific group of people. It focuses on veterans that have had repeated
head trauma and the affect it has on them. This article again brings to
attention the results of repeated head trauma and how it affects a person’s
life.Article #3
Wasserman, R. C., Waller, J. A.,
Monty, M. J., Emery, A. B., & Robinson, D. R. (1988). Bicyclists, helmets
and head injuries: a rider-based study of helmet use and effectiveness. American
Journal of Public Health, 78(9), 1220-1221. doi:10.2105/ajph.78.9.1220
Again this is another article that shows the affect
of people wearing helmets, but this time it is shown in people who ride bikes.
This is a cohort study focusing on bikers and now a days that is a hot topic.
This shows the results of wearing helmets and how they can help reduce the
number of TBIs. Article #4
Wasserman, E. B., Bazarian, J.
J., Mapstone, M., Block, R., & Wijngaarden, E. V. (2016). Academic
Dysfunction After a Concussion Among US High School and College Students. American
Journal of Public Health, 106(7), 1247-1253.
doi:10.2105/ajph.2016.303154
This article is a
case control study that shows the effects of concussions on high school and
college students. It relates test scores before and after a person has received
a concussion. As well as comparing them to students that have not received a
TBI in their career. This article directly relates to the effects of
concussions on a person’s ability to think.
