Understanding Health: Raising public awareness of concussion in sport and practice

University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) and Bournemouth University (BU) experts recently shared their knowledge on concussion in sport and practice, at the latest in a series of health events designed to shed light on different aspects of health.

Dr Osman Ahmed, Senior Physiotherapist at UHD and Dr Keith Parry, Head of Department of Sport and Event Management at BU, discussed the impact their work is having on creating safe sports environments at the Understanding Concussion in Sport and Practice event.

Dr Keith Parry spoke about changes in concussion awareness and understanding in sport and the introduction of guidance that is designed to keep players safe, and Dr Osman Ahmed spoke about different concussion recognition tools used by medical professionals and some of the challenges of recognising concussion in certain groups of people. Recent research has found that athletes with visual impairments are at a higher risk for concussion injuries than athletes with other impairment types and non-disabled athletes. Dr Osman Ahmed spoke about how the concussion symptoms of visually impaired athletes can be more challenging to identify as identifying visual clues do not apply i.e., blurred vision, sensitivity to light, and visual fatigue. 

You can watch the talk by visiting our UHD health talk library.