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The crisis of long-term brain damage in Australian contact sports may be deepening, and authorities must do more.
If more isn’t done to combat concussion and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, more families will be grieving tragic deaths.
A new sport features two men running at each other at full pace before colliding. How is this appealing, considering the concussion risks?
New research has backed the call to delay tackling in junior sports before the age of 12 due to the risk of sports-related concussions.
An Australian Senate committee’s landmark report on concussions listed 13 recommendations. A year on, how have things progressed?
A new portrait of NRL star Wally Lewis brings home the consequences of brain trauma in ways traditional science communication struggles to achieve.
The link between head injuries and degenerative brain disease CTE has been widely accepted. But there may still be some grey area.
The largest study examining the long-term cognitive outcomes of sports-related concussions has delivered some surprising results.
Many elite athletes are encouraged to have baseline concussion tests, so should children playing junior sports do the same?
Several high-profile athletes with concussion histories have been forced to retire on medical advice. But what’s the process that guides them to that difficult decision?
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is often assumed to be a disease which develops later in life, but a new study clearly shows it can start early in the brains of young athletes.
Researchers spoke to families of athletes who had suffered from traumatic brain injuries during their sporting careers.
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.
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Professor, Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Health Science, Swinburne University of Technology
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Research Fellow, UQ School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Bond University
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Head Of Department in Department of Sport & Event Management, Bournemouth University
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Senior Research Fellow, The Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, and Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University
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Conjoint Lecturer, UNSW
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Senior Research Fellow | Injury Prevention & Sports Medicine, Edith Cowan University
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Lecturer, Oxford Brookes University
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Lecturer, Sport Development and Exercise Science
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Lecturer in Exercise Science and Physiology, Griffith University
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Lecturer in Sport Management Australian College of Physical Education (ACPE) and Research Assistant, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University
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Lecturer in sport management, Western Sydney University
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Assistant Professor, Public Health, Muhlenberg College
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Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology, University of Winchester