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Continue Reading →Sport en Harsingskudding
Neem jou kind aan kontaksport deel, is harsingskudding maar altyd in ’n mens se agterkop. Maar latere probleme kan voorkom word. Rooi Rose Magazine, June 2014, Page 84.
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Continue Reading →Concussion in schoolboy rugby not all one big headache
Figures from SA Rugby indicate that 12-15 percent of boys playing rugby in any given season will be concussed and that there is a 50 percent chance of a player receiving a blow to the head, resulting in concussion, at some time in his school rugby career.
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Continue Reading →Concussion associated with depression
A study presented at the American College of Sports Medicine annual meeting by Kevin Guskiewicz and others and about to be published in Med Sci Sports Exerc claims that the risk of depression later in life is three times higher in those American football players who have suffered three or more concussive episodes in their career..
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Continue Reading →Concussion programme will save lives
Recently retired Lions doctor Jon Patricios to advance the drive to make the management and treatment of concussion in rugby more scientific and efficient through the Pharos Concussion Programme.
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Continue Reading →What is a concussion?
A concussion is an injury to the head caused by a direct or indirect blow to the head. It is defined as a complex pathophysiological process affecting the brain, induced by traumatic biomechanical forces.
The South African Sports Concussion® Programme
The latest in concussion management protocols and technology is available to South African schoolchildren and amateur athletes via The South African Sports Concussion® Programme. The South African Sports Concussion® Programme is comprehensive, integrating clinical assessment of the injured player and computer software for neuropsychological (brain function) testing. The protocols used have been devised by clinicians with many years’ sports medicine experience and the technology incorporated is utilised by professional and amateur sports teams in South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, England, Scotland, Ireland, Europe and the USA.
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SA Rugby’s Blue Card
Rugby is one of the few sports, where the referee can decide with or without medical advice that it would be inadvisable for the player to continue, and he can send that player off. With rugby’s mandate around concussion or suspected concussion cases, the Laws of the game also state, ‘If, at any point during a match, a player is concussed or has suspected concussion, that player must be immediately and permanently removed from the playing area. This process is known as “Recognise and Remove".
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Concussion Toolkit
Our aim is to return the player to sport as soon as it is safe. Follow our free structured South African Sports Concussion® Programme Protocols for optimal injury recovery and safe return to play. No player should be cleared for play without seeing a medical doctor & following the recommended step-wise management protocol.
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BokSmart Protocols
Download the BokSmart Concussion Protocols and other general information which addresses numerous topical issues around injury prevention, injury management, rugby safety and performance.
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