Leading surgeon urges NRL to trial concussion sensors

[mozgrame]

A leading brain surgeon has begun discussions with the NRL about using small impact sensors stuck behind a player's ear to curb the confusion around the long-term impact of concussion on elite rugby league players.

Dr Richard Parkinson, who is preparing a second paper on the effects of head injuries in the sport, has been in dialogue with the NRL about how they can use the miniature devices attached to an athlete's head to better understand the effect high-force collisions can have on long-term health.

Read more...http://www.canberratimes.com.au/rug...trial-concussion-sensors-20161207-gt6e5f.html

 

[Woodsie]

A leading brain surgeon has begun discussions with the NRL about using small impact sensors stuck behind a player's ear to curb the confusion around the long-term impact of concussion on elite rugby league players.

Dr Richard Parkinson, who is preparing a second paper on the effects of head injuries in the sport, has been in dialogue with the NRL about how they can use the miniature devices attached to an athlete's head to better understand the effect high-force collisions can have on long-term health.

Read more...http://www.canberratimes.com.au/rug...trial-concussion-sensors-20161207-gt6e5f.html

If that happens it will be the end of Rugby League as we know it. We know impacts happen, when and if the boffins have access to factual documented evidence, the argument will turn from how much impact occurs to the more relevant "how much impact is too much".

The argument will be won by the "any impact is too much" team, because no doctor will risk giving a definitive and quantifiable figure that is deemed safe.

Think drink driving, from .08 to .05 to Nil in many professions.

 

[manlyfan76]

Once the insurance companies get a hold of data like that the sport, at least at an amature level will change.

 

[Deleted member 26876]

Not Good...

 

[Brissie Kid]

Leave rugby league alone. The do gooders should put their efforts into saving rock fishermen lives.