2008 Woodie Awards
Concussions in the news affect ISU head injury policy
Alex Lawson
Issue date: 9/12/07 Section: News
Regarding the theory of prolonged head injuries causing violence, Pegg is skeptical.
"There is nothing set in stone regarding that, there are some ideas and theories, but there's not really good, double blinded studies that have been done to look at that," Pegg said.
Pegg works in conjunction with the training staff for ISU athletics and he is a proponent of the new methods the staff is taking to evaluate head injuries.
"A lot of times, the symptoms of a concussion can't really be seen, but the differences in the test can show things that symptoms don't," Pegg said.
The initial popular theory in the Benoit case was that steroid use was the main contributor to the wrestler's violent outburst. Dr. Casto suspected that it may be a mix of both steroids and head injury that caused the behavior.
"Perhaps the high levels of anabolic steroids in his system when coupled with potentially compromised brain function resulted in profound behavioral abnormality, but of course this is only speculation," Casto said.
"There is nothing set in stone regarding that, there are some ideas and theories, but there's not really good, double blinded studies that have been done to look at that," Pegg said.
Pegg works in conjunction with the training staff for ISU athletics and he is a proponent of the new methods the staff is taking to evaluate head injuries.
"A lot of times, the symptoms of a concussion can't really be seen, but the differences in the test can show things that symptoms don't," Pegg said.
The initial popular theory in the Benoit case was that steroid use was the main contributor to the wrestler's violent outburst. Dr. Casto suspected that it may be a mix of both steroids and head injury that caused the behavior.
"Perhaps the high levels of anabolic steroids in his system when coupled with potentially compromised brain function resulted in profound behavioral abnormality, but of course this is only speculation," Casto said.
Be the first to comment on this story