Posts Tagged ‘youth hockey’
By Paul Stone On January 10th, 2019
Medical experts from the renowned Mayo Clinic have released new recommendations that could change the way hockey is played in youth leagues in order to reduce the risk and severity of brain injuries on the ice. Specifically, the researchers are calling for a number of changes to both the rules and organizational structure of youth…
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By Paul Stone On January 8th, 2016
A new study suggests concussion rates in youth hockey are in line with the injury risk associated with other high-contact sports, though many of the injuries may be the result of illegal moves on the ice. The findings, published in the journal Pediatrics, show that youth hockey players experienced approximately 1.6 concussions for every 1,000…
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By Paul Stone On April 1st, 2013
If you think football is the only sport having major brain injury issues, you haven’t been playing close enough attention to the headlines lately. Soccer, boxing, basketball, and of course, hockey have been dealing with new concussion research coming out amping up our understanding of how dangerous traumatic brain injury is. Pretty much every Canadian…
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