A new Canadian study suggests teenage athletes who sustain concussions may still be experiencing brain changes even after they have been cleared to return to play. CBC | Health News
Tag: concussion
BYU develops sports helmet foam for real-time concussion detection
Cranial collisions are haunting the sports world more and more. A recent survey of 111 former football player’s brains found that 110 showed signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative disease caused by repeated blows like those delivered in the high-contact sport. Companies have been scrambling to provide ways to better track injuries during […]
Brain injury breakthrough: New app could SPOT symptoms of concussion after a fall
A new app could help identify concussion or other brain injuries following a fall. Researchers at the University of Washington have developed technology that could look into the pupil of an elderly person’s eye – the black centre – to identify an issue.. The app, called PupilScreen, uses a smartphone’s video camera to lim for […]
Brain injury breakthrough: New app could SPOT symptoms of concussion after a fall
BRAIN injuries – including concussion – could soon be spotted with the help of a smartphone app that measures the changing size of eye’s pupil. Daily Express :: Health Feed
Why athletes’ concussion MRIs ‘not all doom and gloom’
Varsity athletes who are medically cleared to return to play after a concussion show changes — but not impairments — in their brain structure and functioning on MRI scans, Canadian researchers have found. CBC | Health News
Concussion sidelines Valerie Maltais at short track team selections
Valerie Maltais of Saguenay, Que., withdrew from Canada’s 2018 short track speed skating team Olympic selection competition on Saturday due to a concussion. Maltais fell on Wednesday during the semifinal round of the second 500-metre event and is experiencing moderate symptoms due to a concussion. “I would have preferred to continue racing at these selections, […]
Kids should not be allowed to play contact sports, warns concussion expert
A new study provides irrefutable proof that repeated head hits in contact sports like football lead to degenerative brain disease — a fact Dr. Bennet Omalu already discovered in 2002. CBC | Health News
Concussion policy under spotlight
Video Image Graham: We don’t want 13 v 120:53 NRL: James Graham warns against increasing the amount of send-offs in the wake of Sia Soliola’s 5-week suspension July 25th 2017 2 hours ago /display/newscorpaustralia.com/Web/NewsNetwork/Sport news and galleries/NRL News/ Anthony Milford of the Queensland Maroons stays down after a tackle during Game 1 of the State […]
FIFA didn’t follow its own concussion guidelines at 2014 World Cup: study
The world’s biggest soccer body did not follow its own guidelines for assessing concussions at the 2014 World Cup, says a Canadian neurosurgeon. CBC | Health News
NHL's concussion protocol can leave players vulnerable
Even if you know nothing of Sidney Crosby’s concussion history, seeing him careen head-first into boards last night was unsettling. Crosby stayed down for a few moments before slowly getting back to his feet and gingerly rejoining the play. After watching the replay and seeing Crosby’s head smash into the boards, the questions on everybody`s […]
