Month: October 2019

Australian Research shows female athletes have a higher rate of concussion and a more prolonged recovery time than male athletes – ABC – 2 October 2019

Concussion injuries are worse for women. Mountain biking is a high concussion sport. A helmet does not prevent concussion. Parks Victoria is encouraging mountain biking under its Healthy Parks, Healthy People program. The problem with advocating mountain biking as healthy is that weighing the health benefits of the exercise against injuries with their short and … Continue reading Australian Research shows female athletes have a higher rate of concussion and a more prolonged recovery time than male athletes – ABC – 2 October 2019

Australian research shows female athletes have a higher rate of concussion and a prolonged recovery time – ABC News – 2 Oct 2019

"There is data emerging to suggest that in gender-similar sports, females show twice the incidence of concussion as males," said Jen McCloy, the co-founder of SidelinesDr, which manages Australia's first centralised database for concussion statistics. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-02/female-athletes-have-higher-rates-of-concussion-than-males-study/11538294?fbclid=IwAR2u2ADCHwZCW8HqhROz0mSXLZcuZXA-oPc35VjgsiW_pZtFWrWwxuLe8gs