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The Super Bowl is more than a game — it’s an ecosystem of parties, the halftime show, the ads and 100 million people watching despite the sport’s ugly and dangerous side.
Power Slap, a brutal fight sport, sees contestants slap each other so hard they are at times knocked unconscious.
While much of the inquiry into concussions and repeated head trauma in sport will focus on professional players and leagues, local teams and young players should also look out for the findings.
World Cup 2022: the risk of playing on with concussion and why the rules in football need to change.
Listen to the second episode of our series Uncharted Brain: Decoding Dementia via The Anthill podcast.
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.
Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was carried off the field during a game on Sept. 29 after his second injury in only a few days, raising questions about NFL concussion protocols.
Canadian researchers are exploring unanswered questions about concussion: How to diagnose it accurately and quickly, how to predict outcomes and promote recovery, and how to prevent it altogether.
The AFL is searching for a new CEO amid ongoing reports of systemic racism, a lack of meaningful support for the AFLW and insufficient action on head injuries.
For many years, concussion treatment followed a rest-is-best approach. But research now suggests that low-to-moderate intensity exercise is a safe and useful approach to managing concussion symptoms.
Brain injuries and the long-term health effects in professional sport have become significant issues in the past decade.
Jacinda Barclay, an AFLW player who died last year, has had her brain donated to concussion research. In general, women are understudied regards to their long-term brain health.
Our research, conducted on elite rugby players, may someday mean concussions can be diagnosed right on the pitch.
Thankfully treatment has moved on from the cold sponge of the amateur era. But brain damage continues to be a serious risk in many sports.
Cycling remains a leading example of athletes sacrificing their bodies for sporting glory.
In the NFL, anti-Black racism shows up in the disparities between concussion settlements to injured athletes. The amounts of the payouts are determined using assessments that rely on racist science.
Although a great deal of research is still required, it may one day be possible to identify and treat people either with CTE, or at risk of it.
Injuries that commonly effect former players during retirement include concussion, neck injuries, shoulder dislocation, and knee ligament injuries.
Every year, about 10 per cent of youth athletes experience a concussion. Research shows there are steps we can take to help prevent these injuries, but we can’t be afraid to make changes.
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The University of Queensland
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Clinical Psychologist and Senior Lecturer, Southern Cross University
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Emeritus Professor, The National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, The University of Queensland
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Head Of Department in Department of Sport & Event Management, Bournemouth University
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Research Fellow, UNSW Sydney
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Senior lecturer in Sport, Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, University of Central Lancashire
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Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies and Dean of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions, Cornell University
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Bond University
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Research Fellow, Institute for Health & Sport, member of the Community, Identity and Displacement Research Network, and Co-convenor of the Olympic Research Network, Victoria University
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Professor and Director, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University
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Professor of Trauma Neurosurgery, University of Birmingham
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer and Associate, Monash Centre for Commercial Law and Regulatory Studies, Monash University
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Penn State
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Science communicator & grants reviewer, The University of Queensland
