Research calls for rethink on concussion recovery

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Concussion, and how to treat it, has become a massive issue in sport over the past ten years. And two new lots of research highlight that it's not just at the professional level that head injury has to be taken very seriously.

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Published 16 June 2023 8:14pm

Presented by Sunil Awasthi

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Concussion, and how to treat it, has become a massive issue in sport over the past ten years. And two new lots of research highlight that it's not just at the professional level that head injury has to be taken very seriously.

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