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Commentary Volume 8 Issue 3
Making combat sports safer-mandatory concussion education for all stakeholders
Nitin K Sethi
Associate Professor of Neurology New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, USA
Received: October 21, 2025 | Published: October 27, 2025
Citation: Sethi NK. Making combat sports safer-mandatory concussion education for all stakeholders. MOJ Sports Med. 2025;8(3):93‒94. DOI: 10.15406/mojsm.2025.08.00190
Abstract
Concussive
head injuries are exceedingly common in combat sports. To prevent all
concussive injuries would require fundamental changes to the very nature of
these sports such as no punches or kicks to the head. These radical changes
would likely not be acceptable. Hence a more practical approach would be an
attempt to make these sports safer by reducing the number, severity and
ensuring better management of concussive head injuries. Mandating concussion
education for all combatants, coaches, trainers and referees is a practical,
cost-effective and easy-to-implement intervention.
Keywords: brain injury, imaging studies, abrupt arousal,combatant volunteers
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