Heads up on concussion in para sport
Date
2018-08
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group
Abstract
Concussions to high-profile professional
athletes and the $1 billion court settlement
between the NFL in the USA and thousands
of former NFL players have brought
sports concussion to the top of news headlines.
1 The crux of the NFL case centred
around retired players’ allegation that the
NFL did not warn them about the potential
long-term health impact of concussions.
Cases such as these alert sport
governing bodies to the medicolegal
importance of this issue and their responsibility
for player safety. For the
Para athlete, the International Paralympic
Committee’s (IPC) term for a sportsperson
with an impairment, the concussion
debate struggles to garner attention. This
is partly because funding for epidemiological
research in this area is limited.
Description
CITATION: Webborn, N. et al. 2018. Heads up on concussion in para sport. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 52(18):1157-1158, doi:10.1136/bjsports-2016-097236.
The original publication is available at https://bjsm.bmj.com/
The original publication is available at https://bjsm.bmj.com/
Keywords
Concussions, Professional athletes, Para sport, International Paralympic Committee -- IPC, Sportsperson, Para athletes, Sports Concussion Assessment Tool
Citation
Webborn, N. et al. 2018. Heads up on concussion in para sport. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 52(18):1157-1158, doi:10.1136/bjsports-2016-097236.