It is most commonly found in professional athletes that participate in American football, ice hockey, professional wrestling, boxing, soccer and other heavy contact sports. ... For the purpose of example, by means of penalizing intentional hits to the head (which has already happened in both football and hockey) and by observing patients who have had mild traumatic brain injuries strictly. ... There are no specific measures of traumatic injuries on the brain to tell if an athlete is ready to step back onto the field after concussions. ...

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