Do your kids play rugby? Risks for rugby union players from repeated concussions

Associate Editor of JNNP Alan Carson interviews Tom McMillan, Professor at the Institute for Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, UK, about the paper "Long Term Health Outcomes after Exposure to Repeated Concussion in Elite Level Rugby Union Players". Despite a high number of concussions in retired male Scottish international rugby players, the researchers didn’t find differences in mental health, social or work functioning late after injury. However, subtle group differences were detected on two cognitive tests. Listen to this podcast for full details.

You can access this article here: http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/early/2016/10/05/jnnp-2016-314279.full.