Tag: Safety Studies

Literature Review – Sport Strangulations “have not demonstrated a consistent link with CTE”

August 3, 2026

What’s safer? Being knocked unconscious or being strangled to a point of unconsciousness? In a sport setting the answer seems to be the latter with strangulation submission techniques not (from research to date) appearing to be linked to the brain disease CTE. A recent literature review was recently published briefly discussing this. The paper, titled … More Literature Review – Sport Strangulations “have not demonstrated a consistent link with CTE”

Study – MMA and “Lasting Neuropsychological Impairment”

August 2, 2026

The connection between combat sports and long term brain trauma is real. Study after study demonstrate this. Recent research conducted a scoping review of available literature and highlighted this connection. In short the research found that combat sports such as MMA, boxing and kickboxing left many athletes with “lasting neuropsychological impairment” such as long term … More Study – MMA and “Lasting Neuropsychological Impairment”