{"id":1158,"date":"2011-04-03T22:20:08","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T04:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waiting.com\/blog\/?p=1158"},"modified":"2011-04-03T22:20:08","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T04:20:08","slug":"physicians-coaches-form-concussion-cooperative-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waiting.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/physicians-coaches-form-concussion-cooperative-group.html","title":{"rendered":"Physicians, Coaches Form Concussion &#8216;Cooperative&#8217; Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Doctors, coaches, equipment makers and parents are teaming up to study concussions, forming the National Sports Concussion Cooperative,\u00a0according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5hHHTI5jvbKmb-iZEbP9yp6F_TAKg?docId=0864f199942d40ecab0196f8c01b3a52\">http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5hHHTI5jvbKmb-iZEbP9yp6F_TAKg?docId=0864f199942d40ecab0196f8c01b3a52<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>The first meeting of the new group is set for May, with the American Football Coaches Association, the University of North Carolina&#8217;s traumatic brain injury research center, Rawlings Sporting Goods and the Matthew Gfeller Foundation among those participating. They are the founders of the group.<\/p>\r\n<p>The Gfeller foundation was created by the parents of Matthew Gfeller,\u00a0a high school student who died of brain injuries he sustained playing football in 2008. 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