GAA needs to improve head injury protocols, UCC study finds

The study, led by two medical students at UCC, used video analysis techniques usually applied to professional soccer to investigate the incidence and assessment of Potential Concussive Events (PCE's) during the 2018 and 2019 Inter-county Gaelic football seasons. File Picture: Brian Lawless / SPORTSFILE

A new study is calling on the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) to improve the way in which they assess and treat head injuries.

The study, led by two medical students at UCC, used video analysis techniques usually applied to professional soccer to investigate the incidence and assessment of Potential Concussive Events (PCE's) during the 2018 and 2019 Inter-county Gaelic football seasons.