We are an international working group of researchers, clinicians, and advocates focusing on a patient-centered approach to trauma induced brain injury.
“I wrestled with the idea of whether to stick my head up but when I thought about it, I realised I wouldn't be doing any of the future rugby players a favour if I didn't.”
Tough read on Carl Hayman’s battle with early onset dementia😢.
https://t.co/1w5gvvuVQm
“One spokesperson said an effort was being made to include ‘more critical voices in the room’. They include Dr Judith Gates and Dr Sally Tucker of the Repercussion Group. “I think of the McCrory case as a stone in the pond,” says Gates. 1/5 https://t.co/waMxx9Yvhu. #cisg
"The NCAA keeps meticulous records..yet, 30 years’..of sports injury handbooks have disappeared from the archives, according to testimony from Gee v. NCAA..Gee’s lawyers alleged that the NCAA may have intentionally destroyed the documents..to hide evidence https://t.co/Hb9ipj6nZ9
@adamjohnwhite The person with perhaps the most conflicts of interest was the 1st person to not mention his conflicts? And he also chairs lead the long-term effects session? Off to a great start.
Audience members are being forced to declare their conflicts while restricted to 1 minute. Love it
We have issued a new press release, “Repercussion Group Presses for Changes in the Concussion in Sport Group Structure and Process.”
#concussion#cisg#cte#headimpacts
https://t.co/3eILICbLXv
Have you listened to the podcasts that @JudithMGates did with Ipek Tugcu?
Part 1 - Brain Injury in Sports – The History, The Problems
https://t.co/l0vIaiWqEU
Part 2 - Brain Injury in Sports - The Future
https://t.co/QjverzHfkR
Thanks to @BoltBurdonKemp for the audio.
Dr Stephen Casper asks - Has the interpretation of concussion science been altered in the Concussion in Sport Group Consensus statements given Dr Paul McCrory was Chair? Nine more BJSM retractions have been reported. https://t.co/LghMYkZ6Qv via @ivanoransky
👇Must Read Thread👇🔥 Return to Play (RTP) “protocols were intended to help clarify to players when exposure had become threatening to future quality of life.. In the CISG's documents, RTP took on a new valence. Instead of being about contemplating 1/ #concussion@ProgressiveRug
👇Recommend this 4-minute interview with Repercussion Group member @ProfPatria about whether head injuries 🧠might contribute to high rates of #suicide.
#concussion#tbi@drmbuckland @DrEPieroth
👇😩���ex-rugby players had more than twice the risk of a neurodegenerative disease, and a 15-times higher risk of a motor neurone disease diagnosis.
Consultant neuropathologist @WillStewNeuro, who led the research, said it raised immediate questions for rugby..to mitigate the risk