'Heading' in the right direction: concussions reported at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

Editorial

. 2022 Dec 13:bjsports-2022-106550.

doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2022-106550. Online ahead of print.

Phoebe Runciman¹, Cheri Blauwet², James Kissick³, Jan Lexell⁴, Martin Schwellnus^{5

6}, Nick Webborn⁷, Wayne Derman^{8

6}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Department of Exercise, Sport and Lifestyle Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa phoebe.runciman@gmail.com.
² Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Deptartment of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Rehabilitation Medicine Research Group, Department of Health Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
⁵ Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute, University of Pretoria Faculty of Health Sciences, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁶ IOC Research Centre, South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁷ School of Sport and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.
⁸ Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Department of Exercise, Sport and Lifestyle Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.

Editorial

Phoebe Runciman et al. Br J Sports Med. 2022.

. 2022 Dec 13:bjsports-2022-106550.

doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2022-106550. Online ahead of print.

Phoebe Runciman¹, Cheri Blauwet², James Kissick³, Jan Lexell⁴, Martin Schwellnus^{5

6}, Nick Webborn⁷, Wayne Derman^{8

6}

¹ Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Department of Exercise, Sport and Lifestyle Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa phoebe.runciman@gmail.com.
² Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Deptartment of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Rehabilitation Medicine Research Group, Department of Health Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
⁵ Sport, Exercise Medicine and Lifestyle Institute, University of Pretoria Faculty of Health Sciences, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁶ IOC Research Centre, South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁷ School of Sport and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.
⁸ Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Department of Exercise, Sport and Lifestyle Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.

No abstract available

Keywords: Athletes; Brain Concussion; Disabled Persons.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: All authors have provided a completed IJCME COI disclosure form. WD is an associate editor of BJSM IPHP editions.

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