The death of a 17-year-old community cricket player has raised questions about how well helmets and neck protectors are working.
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Approximately 30% of breakdancers report hair loss and scalp inflammation caused by repetitive head-spinning. What you need to know about newly identified condition ‘headspin hole’
For the first time, players will be permitted to wear Guardian Caps over their helmets during regular season games.
Women’s increased participation in high-impact sports is often seen as cause for celebration – but this progress comes with costs to brain health
New guidelines from the Australian Institute of Sport recommend players in youth and community sport are sidelined for three weeks after a concussion. Here’s why.
Rugby players risk serious injury due to the game’s sheer physicality. Sports scientists have worked with international rugby bodies to improve safety.
Young or old, men or women. All can be at risk of concussion while playing contact sport. Here’s what we know happens in the brain.
Many children play compulsory rugby at school – but the risk of injury is too high.
Older people with COVID are at higher risk of a new Alzheimer’s diagnosis within a year of testing positive. Vaccination against viral infection remains one of several important preventative measures.
Because some seizures are relatively subtle, they can go unrecognized, leading to a delay in diagnosis.
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Sport, Nottingham Trent University
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Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Colorado Anschutz
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Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology, University of Winchester
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Social Scientist, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Public Health, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey 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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Professor of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer in Exercise Science, Adelaide University
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Head Of Department in Department of Sport & Event Management, Bournemouth University
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Sport, Nottingham Trent University
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Assistant Director of American Culture Studies, Washington University in St. Louis
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Professor of Anatomy, Lancaster University
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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