Head injuries in cricket, an assessment and analysis of their causes and prevention

由于诊断的改进和媒体的高调报道提高了人们的认识，运动中的脑损伤问题变得越来越重要。板球是一项参与者，特别是最高级别的参与者，面临头部和大脑受伤的风险。在这项运动中，医疗专业人员已经进行了大量的工作，在头部撞击之前和恢复期间对球员进行评估和诊断，但仍然缺乏将受到的冲击的细节与受伤和随后的症状联系起来的知识。该项目将寻求开发和调查基于实验室的方法，以复制已知的头部损伤，并探索先进测量的可能性，以促进对脑损伤原因的更详细的了解。

The issue of brain injury in sport has grown in significance due to improved diagnosis and heightened awareness brought about by high profile media coverage. Cricket is a sport where participants, especially at the highest level, are exposed to risk of head and brain injury. Significant work has been undertaken by medical professionals within the sport to assess and diagnose players both prior to and during recovery from head impacts, but there remains an absence of knowledge to connect the details of the impact received with the injury and subsequent symptoms.This project will seek to develop and investigate laboratory based methods to replicate known head injuries and explore the potential for advanced measurements that can progress understanding of the causes of brain injury in more detail.