Research Question:
My research topic is based upon the prevention of football
injuries that will ultimately lengthen a football player’s life. These are my books.
The Prevent-System for
Football Injuries
1) Cerney, J. V.
The Prevent-system for Football
Injuries. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1976. Print.
This book
goes into detail about the many ways to help prevent injuries that occur during
football. Some of these ways could be gaining knowledge about the positions and
the game itself or being active in daily conditioning. Conditioning is when a
person/athlete performs strenuous exercises to help them get in shape for
something, such as a sport. I could use this book to explain the multiple ways injuries
can be prevented, so that no long term effects will occur on the athlete.
Sports Injuries: Their
Prevention and Treatment
2) Featherstone, Donald F.
Sports Injuries:
Their Prevention and Treatment. Bristol [Eng.]: J. Wright, 1957. Print.
This
book is more broad than the one prior, which is beneficial because I can
compare each different prevention method for each different sports injury. The
other book does not talk about any treatments, as this one does, so there is
more of a variety. I can use this to understand and explain the differences
between the two.
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Articles
I found one article already on how to prevent ACL
injuries:
1) Bing Yu, et al. "Prevention Of ACL Injury, Part II: Effects
Of ACL Injury Prevention Programs On Neuromuscular Risk Factors And Injury
Rate." Research In Sports Medicine 20.3/4 (2012): 198-222. SPORTDiscus.
Web. 5 Oct. 2012.
This article explains the many different tactics on how to
reduce the risk of injuring the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Such
tactics include multi-component training and injury education. This is similar
to one of the books I cited last week in that it pretty much says athletes
should get educated and condition. Unlike one of my other cited books, this
article is regarding current issues of ACL injuries. I could use this article to,
of course, bring attention to prevention methods of a specific injury, such as
the ACL. This article is roughly 25 pages, so it should give me plenty of
detail to help me in my research.
Another source I found was a brief article on
the latest research of sports injuries for soccer players:
2) Kirkendall, D.
"The Latest News: An Overview Of Some Of The Most Recent Soccer Related
Professional Research." Soccer Journal 48.3 (2003): 14-15. SPORTDiscus.
Web. 5 Oct. 2012.
This article goes into detail about body size, maturity of
the youth, differences between gender, etc. It has studies from different
countries, which gives it more of a variety. Even though it’s much shorter than
the previous article and I can only get so much from it, it still gives me a
better understanding of how sports can affect an athlete. In a way it’s much
more specific, because it is based on injuries from soccer, not just any sport.
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My original research question was, “What types of prevention
methods can help reduce injury and lengthen a football player’s life?” Now that
I’ve begun to do more research on it, I decided to make it more of an
argument-based research assignment. This way I can go into more depth on the
overall topic. My new question is, “Which prevention method proves to be the
most effective in lengthening an athlete’s life?” With this new question, I can
still explain all the ways of preventions, but I can also state my opinion on
which one I believe is more efficient. I will provide the answer as to which
one really is more effective as well. I also changed from specific to more
broad, because I can compare different athletes from different sports.
Referring to my argument, I feel as if conditioning is the ultimate way to
prevent injury in leg muscles, arm muscles, etc., because it helps strengthen
the athlete. Add a little stretching in there, and that doubles the positive effects.
I also feel that maybe more protective gear could be worn. I’m obviously going to be using a few of my
previous sources to explain the different methods of prevention, but I may
decide to look further. I’ve been thinking about finding some recent news stories,
if any, and using those to help aid my argument. The books and articles I
already found are a great start. I can’t wait to see how this all turns out.
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Photo
State Library and Archives of Florida. “Halftime Show of the Orange
Bowl Football Game: Miami, Florida.” Photograph. Flickr. Creative Commons, 2 January 1950. Web. 5 November. 2012.
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