Tag: brain-injury

Study Review – Female Contact Sport Athletes Suffer More Concussions With Worse Outcomes Than Men

October 18, 2024

A recent study was published in the Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine reviewing recent studies addressing female concussion rates and outcomes compared to males. In the article, titled Concussion in Female Athletes of Contact Sports – A Scoping Review, the authors reviewed 22 studies on the subject published in recent years. In short they found … More Study Review – Female Contact Sport Athletes Suffer More Concussions With Worse Outcomes Than Men

Study – PowerSlap Has Absurd Rates of Brain Injury

September 22, 2024

When you design a “sport” intended to give defenseless participants brain injury you unsurprisingly get brain injury. A lot of it. Those are the findings of a recent research letter reviewing objective signs of concussion amongst participants in PowerSlap. These findings are important because the promoters of PowerSlap try to emphasize its relative safety compared … More Study – PowerSlap Has Absurd Rates of Brain Injury

Some Questions Following Ardi Ndembo’s Boxing Death

April 28, 2024

Update May 14, 2024 – Team Combat League have yet to reply to my request for a statement. Today the Florida Athletic Commission did respond with the below troubling reply. One that suggests that if a licensee is aware a competitor was knocked out in training and did not disclose this to them they are … More Some Questions Following Ardi Ndembo’s Boxing Death

Study – CTE Linked With Repeated Brain Rattling, Not Individual Brain Injuries

April 18, 2024

The latest study shedding light on CTE causation was published this week in the Journal of Neurotrauma. In short the study suggests CTE is caused by repeted brain rattling activities and not individual concussions or even individual moderate to severe brain injuries. In the study, titled Lack of Association of Informant-Reported Traumatic Brain Injury and … More Study – CTE Linked With Repeated Brain Rattling, Not Individual Brain Injuries

Fighters Call for CTE and Concussion Warnings on Gloves and Headgear

April 10, 2024

Concussion and CTE are serious occupational risks of combat sports. Despite these risks many have a false sense of belief in the ‘protection’ offered by gloves and headgear. According to the Association of Ringside Physicians “Headguards should not be relied upon to reduce the risk of concussion or other traumatic brain injury. They have not … More Fighters Call for CTE and Concussion Warnings on Gloves and Headgear

Combat Sports Struck With Two Tragedies in Recent Weeks

January 15, 2024

A profound spinal cord injury and a profound brain injury. Two tragic outcomes in the combat sports community in recent weeks. This week Leah McCourt shared that MMA fighter Ryan Curtis suffered a severe spinal cord injury in training. In addition to the spinal cord injury he suffered “a broken back, broken neck and dislocated spine”. A … More Combat Sports Struck With Two Tragedies in Recent Weeks

Is Sport Structured Brain Trauma Child Abuse?

December 12, 2023

How old is old enough to consent to brain trauma? I’ve tackled this subject here previously. Its a worthwhile conversation. Last month a paper was published in the Journal of Sport, Ethics and Philosophy addressing this topic in detail. The authors go so far as to argue that full contact/combat sports amount to child abuse … More Is Sport Structured Brain Trauma Child Abuse?