Final Project TOPIC: Traumatic Brain Injury among United states military personnel and NFL Football players This week you will be drafting a research paper of 6-7 pages (approximately 1500-1750 words

David G. Sanchez

IND301 Milestone 3 Template

Thesis statement:

Medical research has come a long way when it comes to rehabilitating people that have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury. Medical researchers mostly should focus on military service members and our national football players since they seem to be they high volume of personnel that receive TBIs. What contributions are the medical staff using now that can help these personnel to obtain partial if not full neurological function for their future.

Annotated bibliography:

Source 1

Wright, M. J., Woo, E., Birath, J. B., Siders, C. A., Kelly, D. F., Wang, C., Swerdloff, R., Romero, E., Kernan, C., Cantu, R. C., & Guskiewicz, K. (2016). An index predictive of cognitive outcome in retired professional American Football players with a history of sports concussion. Journal of Clinical & Experimental Neuropsychology, 38(5), 561–571.

https://doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2016.1139057

This article highlights the changes and improvements on how TBI has been changing throughout the years and how it has affected retired American football players throughout history. Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor–UCLA Medical Center has conducted research on a voluntary basis and has found out that the participants hormonal, memory and though process levels are a huge factor. People that are funding this cause is the This research was supported by National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment and the National Center for Research Resources, USA.

Source 2: Agimi, Y., Regasa, L. E., & Stout, K. C. (2019). Incidence of Traumatic Brain Injury in the U.S. Military, 2010-2014. Military Medicine, 184(5/6), e233–e241.

https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usy313

This article is more up-to-date (2019) as to how medical researchers have analyzed military personnel that have suffered TBI from 2010-2014 from Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation New Dawn. Most if the TBI injuries occurred from blasts injuries. According to the statistical analysis recorded, it shows how many soldier members’ have sustained TBI and how many have been treated up to a point that they have recovered with slight dementia. Medical researchers are conducting MRI scans to learn more about the brain function and how it can also affect the person physically.

Source 3: Wagner, R. (2016). Traumatic Brain Injury Among Military Personnel: Overview and Recommendations. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

In this article, I got a really quick and brief description on how TBI affects military personnel throughout the wars from IED blasts and also vehicle roll-overs. I was able to get a got starting point with this article to get an idea what the medical researchers are doing to improve to help the United States armed forces.

One source to omit and why:

Wagner, R. (2016). Traumatic Brain Injury Among Military Personnel: Overview and Recommendations. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

After reviewing all of my sources, I have chosen to omit the Wagner source because it is very broad when it comes to Military TBI. Compared to my other articles, they go more into depth with the analysis of TBI within military members.

Reflection:

I found this very helpful as I was able to focus on what information I will keep to continue my research paper on TBI. I have a clearer idea on how the medical staff focus on TBI for military service members and football players. I am able to fully focus on what information I need for my topic and find a way to merge both football players and military members together when it comes to medical rehabilitation. Questions I would like to know is: would I be able to change my sources again if I end up find better ones? Is the excelsior college library my only means of finding information? How can I improve my thesis statement?