The people manning the guns are also at risk of injury from the force of the weapon.
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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.
Many concussions in soccer occur when two players compete to head the ball. But extra technique training, modifying how we play the game, and more ‘red cards’ help cut the risk.
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.
Long overlooked by scientists, white matter may provide clues to some of the brain’s greatest mysteries.
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.
Millions of people suffer traumatic brain injuries, and many lose the ability to emotionally connect with others. A new study suggests there’s a way to help them regain their ability to connect.
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.
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.
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Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, McMaster University
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Professor and Senator Wm. McMaster Chair; Director, ARiEAL Research Centre; co-director of Language, Memory & Brain Laboratories, McMaster University
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Professor; Director and Research and Faculty Development, Tufts University
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Program Director, Canadian Concussion Centre, and Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
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Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, University of Sydney
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Post Doctoral Fellow, Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University
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PANTHER Engineering Project Manager and Associate Director of the Center for Traumatic Brain Injury, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Professor and Vice Chair Research, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia
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Course Coordinator & Lecturer, Physiotherapy, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Indiana University
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Speech Language Pathologist and Cognitive Rehabilitation Specialist, Marcus Institute for Brain Health; Instructor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
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Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry University of Colorado School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
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Bjorn Borgen Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Center for Traumatic Brain Injury, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Professor and Head, Psychology, and Ronald and Irene Ward Chair in Pediatric Brain Injury, University of Calgary
