Dangerous games: brain injuries in sports
You don’t need to be a boxer or a football player to end up with a brain injury.
By Marc Wilson In Psychology
The closest I have been to an All Black was at Eden Park a few years ago, when I found myself standing next to Steve Devine at a urinal. He will have no reason to remember this. Devine represented both Auckland and New Zealand, and retired from rugby because of the well-publicised effects of several serious head injuries.
Such knocks can happen in most sports, and not just obvious contact sports such as skiing, equestrian, ...
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