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The Bell Tolls for Outdated Sports Terms: Dings and Rings Mean Head Injury

Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Contact: 
Cindy Starr
(513) 558-3505
cstarr@mayfieldclinic.com

One of the sobering, underlying messages of the UC Neuroscience Institute’s recent symposium on sports-related head injuries crystallized for the audience when a high school wrestling coach asked a difficult and honest question. Should a student-athlete on his team who has experienced more than one concussion consider switching to a non-contact sport? Read more on our weekly blog »

 

 

 

 

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