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editorial
Concussion study needs bigger team
hen it comes to on -
ice skills, Canadi-
ans are the world's most
knowledgeable hockey fans.
The keys to success in the
sport, celebrated from big -
league to minor levels, are
learned early in a nation
that's stretched hockey into
a year-round passion, far
beyond the winter that
once confined it.
What Canadians are not
so good at is learning to
prevent concussions in
hockey and how to deal
with the debilitating effects
that blows to the head in
the sport they love can
cause children and adults
alike.
Against that backdrop,
the NHL Players Associa-
tion has set Canadians up
for a worthy challenge by
donating $500,000 this
week to seed concussion
and brain injury research at
Western University in a
drive that aims to raise
another $2.6 million from
parents, athletes and
philanthropists.
Concussions afflict at
least 160,000 Canadians a
year, half through sports,
their fallout ranging from
headaches to memory loss
and balance prob-
lems so severe, they can
halt everyday lives.
It was former NHLer Eric
Lindros who made this
week's announcement at
Western University. His
own experience of repeated
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Doctors Greg Dekaban, Arthur Brown and Peter Fowler watch as Eric Lindros pulls on a Westerm hockey jersey at
the announcement that the NHLPA is giving a seed donation of $500,000 to study concussions and brain injury at
the See the Line conference in London, Ont. on August 12.
concussions that cut short
his career put a celebrity
face to the campaign.
Too many others suffer
below public radar.
On its website, Hockey
Canada tells the story of
12 -year-old Nathan, a
poster child for the cause
many kids have known.
Nathan missed nearly five
months of school after a
hockey concussion. His
memory loss was so severe,
he couldn't recall going to
Disney two years earlier,
something no child would
easily forget. His parents
were left looking for help
on the Internet.
Concussions are brain
injuries caused when the
brain strikes the inside of
the skull. Hockey helmets
and dental guards are no
silver bullet. More effective
-- in hockey and other
sports -- is to never hit a
player in the head or from
behind, blows that can cre-
ate whiplash motion caus-
ing concussions.
Understanding that is a
good start, but more can
be done.
The money sought in the
$3.1 -million drive will be
used to help researchers
find new ways to diagnose
concussions -- for example,
with a new blood test still
under development -- and
treat them, so the injured
can more easily return to
life's daily lineup.
The NHL big -leaguers
have set up this play, but
they can't score without us.
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