Concussion expert calls for national surveillance system

Dr Lindsay Sullivan warned that it is not only sports like rugby and American football that should educate themselves surrounding the dangers of concussion

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The GAA and other sporting organisations have been urged by a concussion expert to introduce a national surveillance system for all levels of the game in order to accurately study the prevalence and risk factors of concussion in our sports.

NUI Galway lecturer, Dr Lindsay Sullivan, some of whose studies have focused on concussion education in underage GAA players, warned that it is not only sports like rugby and American football that should educate themselves surrounding the dangers of the issue.