Boxer Adonis Stevenson is relearning to walk and speak two months after TBI
Nearly two months after suffering a dramatic brain injury in a title fight, boxer Adonis Stevenson’s family says he has begun to speak and walk with assistance.
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Adonis Stevenson’s severe TBI provides a reminder of the brain injury risks of boxing
Concussions and brain injuries have been a part of boxing for as long as the sport existed, but it is easy for most fans to ignore the implications of these injuries because they aren’t visible during fights. A fighter may seem slow to get up, but the bulk of their symptoms appear after the fight…
ReadSurprise – Professional fighters show signs of brain injury and CTE
Before football’s “concussions crisis”, brain injuries were associated with a different violent sport – fighting. The effect of repeated blows to the head during boxing or other forms of fighting was well-recognized as “boxer’s dementia pugilistica,” even before CTE was ever discovered in an autopsy. However, the recent focus on football – America’s most popular…
ReadUFC Fighter Dies from Brain Injury in Boxing Match
Tim Hague, a 34-year old UFC fighter, died on Sunday, June 18, 2017 after sustaining a severe brain injury in a boxing match in Alberta. His death from brain injury brings the risks of boxing and UFC fighting into sharper focus.
ReadPart 3 of Our Interview with Ray Ciancaglini: How Can We Prevent Brain Injuries in Sports?
In the conclusion to our interview with Ray Ciancaglini, we discussed how to prevent brain injury in sports. Ray also reveals some interesting communication he had with Sony about the movie production of Concussion, the recent film in which Will Smith plays Dr. Omalu, who discovered the first case of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) in…
ReadApple Pie or Violence: Which is the American Tradition? Part Two of Our Interview with Ray Ciancaglini
In Part Two of our conversation with Ray Ciancaglini, we explore the connection between violence and brain injury in sports. Sports related concussion is an ongoing theme here on NeuroNotes. We want to capture different views of concussion. The following interview shares perspective on sports as a cause of brain injury. Are we hooked on violence?…
ReadBoxer ends up with severe brain injury after 312 punches to his head
Magomed “Mago”Abdusalamov, a former heavyweight boxer, traded punches with Mike Perez at Madison Square Garden in November of 2013. This fight, Mago’s 19th, was his last professional bout. Mago had looked towards this fight as an opportunity to face Wladimir Klitschko, the heavy weight champion, which if he won would be life changing. Instead, the…
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