In the midst of all that, parents are increasingly wondering whether it’s even safe to let their kids play some sports. But so much focus on CTE, a single terrifying outcome, has also skewed the entire concussion debate and created an excuse to delay much-needed safety measures in some sports. That needs to change, said many of the speakers at this week’s three-day Traumatic Brain Injury and Concussion conference at the Rotman Research Institute. That’s just one of the many complex issues researchers are still looking at, along with plenty of other concussion-related questions. There’s no other reason to be hitting in the game of hockey,” Wickenheiser said.

Source: thestar March 24, 2018 21:45 UTC