05-06-2021, 12:27 PM
(05-06-2021, 12:04 PM)AtomicBlaze Wrote: your making my point for me thanks!
I bolded the parts that you seemed to ignore, 28% never return to play that is significant, recovery time is 9 months which means no training camp? I guess the short 3 year career doesn't concern you? And the performance is based on the differences between upper and lower spine not people that had the injury and no injury at all.
1. The study found 67 percent of players with upper-level CDH returned to playing football following surgery and rehabilitation.
2. Seventy-two percent of those players with lower-level injures returned to play following surgery and rehabilitation.
3. Recovery time averaged nine months for all players.
4. The researchers found, on average, players continued playing in the NFL for approximately 44 games and three years post-surgery.
5. The study also revealed the players' performance scores, based on NFL game statistics, didn't change significantly between those players with upper-level CDH and those with lower-level injuries.
6. The researchers concluded "most NFL players who undergo cervical spinal surgeries for CDH are able to resume their careers." Additionally, no significant variances exist between players with upper-level versus lower-level cervical spine injures, in terms of return to play and performance level.
Not concerned at all with the points you bolded. Your lack of objectivity is what brings you to a point of concern. So a player has this procedure and then returns to play at the previous level of performance for longer than the average NFL career of 2.5 years. Nope I am good with that.
Reading comprehension is brutal ain't it?
"...in terms of return to play and performance level."
Let's be realistic you are trying to lump Carman into a category of injury that is not true. You are comparing the procedure he had with those of players that had exhibited serious spine injuries and history of injuries. Carman does not have an injury "history" as you have previously eluded to. Compared to most in the sport he is a model of health. Tyler Eifert has an injury "history".
