Incidence studies confirm that concussion is a common feature characterising the contact sports. Whilst it is self-evident that boxing is associated with repeated head insults, the degree to which this is an aspect of the field contact sports of football, soccer and rugby needs to be more fully acknowledged. Research on the incidence of concussion among American university-level football and soccer players during REvIEW ARTIClEEthically we can no longer sit on the fence -a neuropsychological perspective on the cerebrally hazardous contact sports Abstract Background and objective. The number of male and female contact sport participants is increasing worldwide. The aim of the review is to discuss the potential for deleterious sequelae of sports concussion (mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI)), and management thereof.

Incidence studies confirm that concussion is a common feature characterising the contact sports. Whilst it is self-evident that boxing is associated with repeated head insults, the degree to which this is an aspect of the field contact sports of football, soccer and rugby needs to be more fully acknowledged. Research on the incidence of concussion among American university-level football and soccer players during REvIEW ARTIClEEthically we can no longer sit on the fence -a neuropsychological perspective on the cerebrally hazardous contact sports Abstract Background and objective. The number of male and female contact sport participants is increasing worldwide. The aim of the review is to discuss the potential for deleterious sequelae of sports concussion (mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI)), and management thereof.