Another reason not to hide your concussion

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Recent research has indicated that athletes who delayed the reporting of their concussion had longer recovery times in comparison to athletes who reported their injury immediately. Hopefully, this evidence will further encourage players to report concussions.

The study, performed by Breton Asken and colleagues and published in the Journal of Athletic Training, examined National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 1 athletes in the US.

A more comprehensive summary and a link to the full article is available on the Sports Medicine Research website.

Have you had experience with players delaying the reporting of concussion?

Rugby sevens tournament format and injuries: article summary

This week, we present a visual summary of an article that was presented at our journal club by Prof. Mike Lambert. The details of the full article are below and on the visual summary.

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Full text: C Fuller, A Taylor, M Raftery. Should player fatigue be the focus of injury prevention strategies for international rugby sevens tournaments? BJSM, 2016.

What are your thoughts on whether introducing “rolling subs” will help reduce injuries? We’d like to hear your feedback!