I was interested in the stories today about the balance testing and such that they were doing with Tebow (and apparently with Meyer because he was interested). I was also impressed that UF has baseline testing for all the football players so they would be able to compare pre-injury and post-injury test results. It seems that that at least provides some objective measurement.
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:08 AM, John Vega <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sep 29, 2009, at 3:13 PM, Oliver Barry wrote: > > That’s exactly what Meyer is doing. Nor are the doctors leaving it up to > Tebow to tell them he’s ok. There are specific tests that can easily > determine if he has recovered sufficiently to play in 2 weeks. > > > I disagree with this. Other than MR Spectroscopy (which is hardly an exact > science) there is nothing about a concussion that a CT or MR will be able to > show you other than an intracranial bleed, which has already been ruled out. > > The other tests are along the lines of "How do you feel?" "Have you > experienced any headaches?" and "Do you feel drowsy?" They are not very > exact procedures, are capable of being shaded by person answering, and there > is a lot of concurrent causation of the symptoms (including the flu, which > we know that TT has), leading to unclear decisions. > > BTW, was anyone as mad as I was TT sat in the cart in the tunnel for a good > 10 minutes or more waiting on the ambulance? If he had had an intracranial > bleed, that time could have meant the difference between life and death. > > -Zeb > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
