Longer term impact of sport-related brain injuries revealed by study

A study has shown almost half of the people who suffer a brain injury through sport are still suffering the effects months later (Alamy/PA)

Almost half of people who suffer a sports-related, traumatic brain injury (TBI) are still experiencing physical symptoms after six months, according to new research.

The study compared 256 people with sports-related concussions (5.9% of the cohort studied) to 4,104 people who sustained a concussion another way.