{"id":143,"date":"2018-04-24T14:46:12","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T14:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boxbiba.co.uk\/?page_id=143"},"modified":"2018-04-24T14:46:12","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T14:46:12","slug":"determining-brain-fitness-to-fight-has-the-time-come","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/boxbiba.co.uk\/?page_id=143","title":{"rendered":"Determining brain fitness to fight: Has the time come?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Phys Sportsmed.<\/a><\/span> 2015 Nov;43(4):395-402. doi: 10.1080\/00913847.2015.1081551. Epub 2015 Aug 21.<\/div>\n

Determining brain fitness to fight: Has the time come?<\/h1>\n
Seifert T<\/a>1,<\/sup>2,<\/sup>3<\/sup>, Bernick C<\/a>4<\/sup>, Jordan B<\/a>5,<\/sup>6<\/sup>, Alessi A<\/a>7,<\/sup>8<\/sup>, Davidson J<\/a>9,<\/sup>10<\/sup>, Cantu R<\/a>11,<\/sup>12<\/sup>, Giza C<\/a>13,<\/sup>14<\/sup>, Goodman M<\/a>15,<\/sup>16<\/sup>, Benjamin J<\/a>17<\/sup>.<\/div>\n
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Abstract<\/h3>\n
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Professional boxing is associated with a risk of chronic neurological injury, with up to 20-50% of former boxers exhibiting symptoms of chronic brain injury. Chronic traumatic brain injury encompasses a spectrum of disorders that are associated with long-term consequences of brain injury and remains the most difficult safety challenge in modern-day boxing. Despite these concerns, traditional guidelines used for return to sport participation after concussion are inconsistently applied in boxing. Furthermore, few athletic commissions require either formal consultation with a neurological specialist (i.e. neurologist, neurosurgeon, or neuropsychologist) or formal neuropsychological testing prior to return to fight. In order to protect the health of boxers and maintain the long-term viability of a sport associated with exposure to repetitive head trauma, we propose a set of specific requirements for brain safety that all state athletic commissions would implement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Concussion; boxing; dementia; return to play; traumatic brain injury<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Phys Sportsmed. 2015 Nov;43(4):395-402. doi: 10.1080\/00913847.2015.1081551. Epub 2015 Aug 21. Determining brain fitness to fight: Has the time come? Seifert T1,2,3, Bernick C4, Jordan B5,6, Alessi A7,8, Davidson J9,10, Cantu R11,12, Giza C13,14, Goodman M15,16, Benjamin J17. Author information Abstract Professional boxing is associated with a risk of chronic neurological injury, with up to 20-50% […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":96,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boxbiba.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boxbiba.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boxbiba.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boxbiba.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boxbiba.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/boxbiba.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144,"href":"https:\/\/boxbiba.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143\/revisions\/144"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boxbiba.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boxbiba.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}