Rugby’s governing authorities are being urged to take “urgent preventative action” to protect players at all levels of the sport after new research suggests the game may have been safer in the pre-professional era.
Views of concussion in society must be altered, alongside much-needed revision of protocols in sport - particularly at grassroots - if change in how head injury is viewed and dealt with is truly going to happen, says Dr Adam J White, executive director of the Concussion Legacy Foundation UK. NR Times learns more
Improved assessment and treatment of concussions in school-aged children is the subject of a major new research project backed by $10million in funding.
As one of the first organisations to recognise and react to the urgent need to address head injury in sport, The Drake Foundation has become a central player in the fast-developing debate over how to best protect players at all levels from the devastating later-life impact of neurodegenerative disease.
A project hailed as having the potential to revolutionise understanding of the consequences of repetitive head impacts and injury in sport is being launched in the US.
Guidance around safety protocols in sport must become enforceable to ensure players are properly protected, an organisation founded to fund research into head injuries has said.
Two senior figures at the PFA have pledged to donate their brain to research as part of the pioneering Concussion Legacy Project to protect future generations of players.
Professional sportspeople were today urged to play their role in making sport safer as a pioneering project was announced with the aim of preventing new cases of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) within five years and of finding a cure by 2040.
Limiting screen time for young adults after concussion results in shorter duration of symptoms, new research has revealed.
Recovery from concussion could take up to 28 days - double the previous suggested recovery time, new research has revealed.
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