Repeated head injury may cause degenerative brain disease for people who play sport – juniors and amateurs included
- Written by: Andrew Lavender, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Federation University Australia
Where there are players and a game to be won, you can expect some “rough and tumble” on the sporting field. But when do the bumps become a problem for players? And what can we do to protect them from traumatic brain injury?
Submissions are open for Australia’s senate inquiry into concussions and repeated head trauma in contact...