World Rugby announces 'landmark' study into brain injuries

Over 700 amateur players will take part from mid-AprilGrowing concern over impacts to the head in the sportMore than 700 male and female amateur rugby union players – from adults to under-13 level – will shortly take part in the largest study into what happens to the brain during head impacts, World Rugby has announced.The study, which will begin in New Zealand in mid-April, will require players to wear mouthguards in training and during matches which will then wirelessly transmit a series of metrics to researchers at the University of Otago in real time. Each match will also be recorded, allowing time-coded video analysis of every collision. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/mar/31/world-rugby-announces-landmark-study-into-brain-injuries #rugby_union #world_rugby #concussion_in_sport #sport