Sports-related concussion focus of major research project

The long-term effects of sports-related concussion are the focus of a major research project launched in Dublin yesterday.

Project organiser, the International Concussion and Head Injury Research Foundation (ICHIRF), has teamed up with the Sports Surgery Clinic in Dublin, which will screen volunteers later this year.

It will establish whether retired sportspeople have an increased incidence or suffer an early onset of neuro- generative diseases, such as Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease.