How Dangerous Are Soccer Concussions? They May Cause Lasting Damage - Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-dangerous-are-soccer-concussions-they-may-cause-lasting-damage/ #Soccer #Football #Concussions #Health #Brain

CTE Driven by Numbers of Severe Head Impacts, Not Concussions: Harvard Mass. General Hospital retrospective study. #cte #chronictraumaticencephalopathy #concussions #headimpacts #cii
https://youtu.be/nBiQSbvh86c

This is a really wonderful and door opening kind of conversation about concussions from intimate partner violence. Mo Amir and former hockey star Trevor Linden. Please watch.
#concussions #violenceagainstwomen #intimatepartnerviolence #VanColour #hockey

https://youtu.be/6FKbSpQplDE

Global News BC: ‘Wildly inconsistent’: B.C. researcher helps define new standards for concussion diagnosis https://globalnews.ca/news/9721998/bc-researcher-develops-new-concussion-criteria/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #UniversityOfBritishColumbia #UBCconcussionresearch #TraumaticBrainInjury #concussionstandards #concussionsinsports #concussionresearch #Concussions #Science #Health

Global News BC: Former Canuck partners on hair-raising domestic violence awareness video with YWCA https://globalnews.ca/news/9706562/former-canuck-partners-domestic-violence-awareness-campaign/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #TrevorLindendomesticviolence #IntimatePartnerViolence #TrevorLindenconcussion #gender-basedviolence #YWCAMetroVancouver #DomesticViolence #VancouverCanucks #TrevorLinden #Concussions #Crime #YWCA

I found this https://journals.lww.com/nuclearmedicinecomm/Fulltext/2021/07000/Alterations_in_cerebral_glucose_metabolism_as.9.aspx
#neuroscience #concussions #tbi #brain

Welcoming podcast & audiobook recommendations!
I normally never do audiobooks bc I read so much faster & enjoy reading.
But I am limited to a few minutes of screen time at once for next couple weeks due to a concussion, so books, movies, & TV shows are out.
Audio only please! 🙏🏼
#concussions #podcast #audiobooks

#Concussion #Concussions

"Grad Student’s Concussion Assessment Innovation Adopted University-wide -

UVA doctoral candidate Cat Donahue’s innovation to the University’s concussion management protocol is making things easier for student athletes, athletic trainers, and team physicians."

https://education.virginia.edu/news-stories/grad-students-concussion-assessment-innovation-adopted-university-wide

#Concussion #Concussions

Interesting, worth considering. Tho not a controlled study consistent with my 40 years of practice psychiatry, re: the number of people coming in to my office or a hospital on a psychiatric basis, who, with questioning, had a previously unrecognized contributory history of concussions (accidents, sports, domestic violence). Not the whole story, but contributory:

"Nearly 1 million Virginians live with brain injuries. Very few get treatment"

https://richmond.com/zzstyling/view-oped-sig/column-nearly-1-million-virginians-live-with-brain-injuries-very-few-get-treatment/article_a3d0bed8-c440-11ed-9b44-377345193b1e.html

#Concussion #Concussions

Interesting

IMO, it is questionable how clinically useful this will be (beyond possible cost savings, as described in the article):

"FDA Clears Lab-Based Blood Test to Aid in Concussion Assessment"

https://www.empr.com/home/news/fda-clears-lab-based-blood-test-to-aid-in-concussion-assessment/

#Concussions #Sports

"World Brain Injury Experts to Debate
The Need for a "Female-Specific Concussion Protocol”
for Women Athletes"

https://www.pinkconcussions.com/debate

#Concussions #Concussion #TBI #Parkinsons

Traumatic brain injury and risk of Parkinson’s disease: a meta-analysis

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13760-023-02209-x

A little over seven years ago, I quit watching and supporting the #NFL. Boxed up 30+ years of 49ers clothing and memorabilia and never watched another game. I couldn't/can't watch knowing what we know now about #CTE and all the health risks. #concussions

#Concussions #Concussion

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/964853?src=mkm_ret_230211_mscpmrk_neuro_brain-trauma&uac=290087CZ&impID=5157240

#CTE found in nearly 92% of former #NFL players in study by Boston University. #sport #football #concussions https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/boston-university-cte-center-study-former-nfl-players/

Cheerleading Concussions Are Increasing: Research Review by @Dr_Hunnicutt

https://buff.ly/3wYbdHf

#Concussions
are the most common head injury, with 96% of them being related to stunts.

"On March 30, 2023, the international nongovernmental organization, PINK #Concussions will host top international brain injury experts in Dublin, Ireland, to debate whether it is time for Female-Specific #Concussion Management Protocol in sports."

https://www.pinkconcussions.com/debate

"Dangers of #concussions laid bare: Major new study warns just ONE can damage memory and brain power in later life"

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11692569/Dangers-concussion-laid-bare-major-new-study.html

(Courtesy of a useful brief daily email news alert from:
https://paper.li/ConcussionDoc1/1433343875 )

#Motorsport #concussions #Concussion #ConcussionLF #CTE

“Motorsport is finally starting to recognize concussions and take them serious.” – Jeff Proctor on concussion treatment

By Justin Nguyen

https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2023/01/motorsport-is-finally-starting-to-recognize-concussions-and-take-them-serious-jeff-proctor-on-concussion-treatment/

Recent paper on #concussions and #depression

This is a topic that was not previously fully appreciated and is still frequently not recognized or downplayed/minimized (an area in which I do extensive non-research clinical work).

Depressive Symptoms in Individuals With Persistent Postconcussion Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36574246/