A decade of injury data shows lowering rugby’s tackle height cut adult concussions by more than a third – but not for schoolboy players.
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Track and field’s combined events may offer a blueprint to rethink early specialization and keep more kids in sport.
At least 40,000 New Zealanders experience traumatic brain injury each year. New data challenges five persistent myths about who is affected and how it happens.
Alcohol inhibits the complex, biological processes that help us recover from an injury.
Around 70% of all sports hernias appear to be related to football.
The anterior cruciate ligament is crucial in movements such as pivoting and making jump landings.
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.
Many athletes playing in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup will likely suffer breast injury from play. Symptoms can last for weeks, harm performance and have long-term consequences.
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a devastating form of dementia, which causes a decline in brain functioning and increased risk of mental illness.
Survival rates for cardiac arrest outside of hospitals is very low. The fast response to Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest during an NFL game shows the value of access to CPR and emergency defibrillators.
Commotio cordis is the result of blunt trauma to the heart, and is one of the leading causes of sudden cardiac death in youth sports. Improvements in protective equipment may help prevent it.
Disruptions to the electrical signals that control a person’s heartbeat are dangerous, no matter the cause. A heart doctor explains the biology of cardiac arrest and what might have happened on the field.
Some Premier League players may only have mere days to recover from the World Cup before returning to regular season play.
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.
Dry needling and Western acupuncture don’t incorporate traditional chinese medicine philosophies – but may be helpful for pain and releasing muscle tension.
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.
When to use an ice pack or heat pad depends on the timing and severity of injury and pain.
Top tip: take it slow when you get back to training.
Rhabdomyolysis is a potentially life-threatening condition caused by damage to muscle cells.
Injuries that commonly effect former players during retirement include concussion, neck injuries, shoulder dislocation, and knee ligament injuries.
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Emergency Medicine Physician and Lecturer, University of Toronto
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Research Fellow, UQ School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Health Science, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Public Health, Newcastle University
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Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz
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Associate Professor, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Teesside University
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Associate Professor/Faculty of Engineering/School of Biomedical Engineering/Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Western University
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Post Doctoral Fellow, Faculty of Engineering, McMaster University
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Professor, Physiotherapy, Bond University
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Professor, Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary
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Senior Honorary Fellow (Law), The University of Western Australia
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Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow, RMIT University
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PhD Student in Biomedical Engineering, Western University
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Assistant Professor in Sport and Exercise Sciences & Fellow of the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing, Durham University
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