A new study found the benefits of amateur sport outweigh the risks of a single blow to the head – but repeated concussions are likely to do more damage.
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The largest study examining the long-term cognitive outcomes of sports-related concussions has delivered some surprising results.
The NFL’s embrace of the sport points to a promising future. But gender and political divides could stand in the way.
Studies show college athletes sleeping less than 7 hours per night are almost twice as likely to be injured when compared with athletes sleeping more than 8 hours.
Concussions can teach researchers a great deal about how the brain recovers after injury and offer insights into how people can promote brain health throughout their lives.
Rugby players risk serious injury due to the game’s sheer physicality. Sports scientists have worked with international rugby bodies to improve safety.
In a landmark Senate report, the government was urged to take a greater role in overseeing compliance of concussion rules across sports leagues. Details, however, were in short supply.
While high-profile concussions in the NFL have brought renewed attention to the gravity of head injuries, they can also occur on the playground or during junior varsity practices – with lasting effects.
Girls’ rugby is a sport with higher than expected concussion rates. As the sport grows in popularity, preventing concussions is more effective than treating them.
Millions of sports-related concussions occur in the US every year. Many of them happen to high school and college athletes.
When a student suffers a concussion, their school typically offers certain accommodations – lighter workload, rest breaks, more time to complete tests. Do kids with long COVID need the same?
Rocked by recent events on the dangers of concussion at the elite level, the AFL has a perfect opportunity to adopt a wider lens and mobilise its network to keep footy safe, especially for the kids.
Football participation among high schoolers continues to decline, as concern about brain injury increases. Could training without helmets make a difference?
Many educators receive little or no training in how to spot brain injuries resulting from a concussion. There are ways to improve collaboration.
After a report found evidence of CTE in the brains of two former NRL players, the league is facing the possibility of a class-action lawsuit. Here’s what former players would need to prove.
The sports world is understandably eager to prevent concussions, but some of the products on the market are not helping and may even hurt, by leading people to feel protected when they are not.
What happened after Brandin Cooks took a massive blow during Super Bowl LII helps explain why NFL’s concussion crisis isn’t killing the sport’s popularity.
Concussions in football and other contact sports correlate with severe, long-term brain damage — but science shows it doesn’t have to be that way.
As students return to school and prepare to join sports teams, here’s what they and their parents need to know about concussions.
A recent study that showed that 110 of 111 brains of deceased NFL players had a serious brain disease raised concerns once again about concussions. But there’s a lot we still need to know.
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Bond University
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Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Penn State
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Professor, School Psychology, University of Dayton
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Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Colorado State University
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PhD candidate in Sociomedical Science, Columbia University
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Associate Professor, Respiratory Therapy, Georgia State University
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Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, McMaster University
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Vice Chair, Department of Neurology, University of Florida
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Professor of Sociology, Marquette University
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Florida
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Professor of Chemistry, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy, Steinhardt School, New York University
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Professor and Director of the Division of Environmental Health, School of Public Health (Retired), Georgia State University
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Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology, University of Texas at Arlington
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