New research has shed light on the alarming rates of paediatric traumatic brain injuries resulting from mechanical bull riding. The study conducted by researchers at Loma Linda University Children’s Health (LLUCH) highlights the urgent need for enhanced safety measures and regulations. The findings were published in the journal Children’s Health Care and revealed that mechanical bull riding poses a significant risk to children, with traumatic brain injuries being the most common outcome.   LLUCH has identified up to 35 cases over seven years, each resulting in severe injuries ..read more

A new study has identified signs of repeated blast-related brain injury in active-duty United States Special Operations Forces—and now researchers want to develop the first diagnostic test for these injuries. United States (US) Special Operations Forces (SOF) personnel are frequently exposed to explosive blasts during training and combat. However, the effects of repeated blast exposure on the brain health of SOF personnel are unclear, and there is currently no diagnostic test that can detect brain injury caused by the cumulative effects of sub-concussive blast exposure. As a result, SOF person ..read more

Image: L-R, Claudia Laird, Sabrina Lawlor, Maxine Hayden, Matthew Hayden, Aaron Lees, Louise Bird, Hayley Jones, Ky Porter, Will Curvis Young brain injury survivors and their families can secure financial support to help with crucial aspects of rebuilding their lives through a new grant-making initiative from a specialist charity.  After Matters, a charity created to increase the support available to young people after brain injury, is offering survivors living in the Greater Manchester area assistance with meeting the costs of their rehabilitation and recovery.  The charity is offer ..read more

A 21-year-old man who suffered a horrific brain injury in a road traffic accident says Calvert Reconnections’ new approach to rehabilitation has transformed his life. Nick, from Birmingham, was a pillion passenger on a motorcycle when it was struck by a speeding car in December 2017. Nick was in a coma for 11 days and spent 2 months in Birmingham Children’s Hospital. On two occasions his parents were told that he wouldn’t survive his injuries. Nick said: “I was thrown 60 yards through the air and nearly died as a result of my injuries. “After being discharged from hospital, I couldn ..read more

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Arts therapies provider Chroma will be implementing ISOFI into their music therapy sessions with brain injury survivors to help support their mental health. ISOFI is a telehealth service and platform that syncs with a person’s own music streaming platform playlists, enabling the development of personalised, music playlist-based coping strategies for anxiety and other stresses.  Personalised music is a motivational, mood-enhancing tool, that helps survivors navigate and express their emotions, often without words. By improving track selection through ISOFI, based on their own music tastes ..read more

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New research indicates that physical activity lowers cardiovascular disease risk in part by reducing stress-related signalling in the brain. In the study, which was led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system and published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, people with stress-related conditions such as depression experienced the most cardiovascular benefits from physical activity. To assess the mechanisms underlying the psychological and cardiovascular disease benefits of physical activity ..read more

Specialist Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT) is now available as part of a multidisciplinary therapy offering at Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled People (QEF) in Surrey. One of the expert services the charity provides Care and Neuro Rehabilitation, supporting people in rebuilding core skills after an acquired brain injury, stroke, spinal injury, or neurological illness.  From April, neurologic music therapy will be delivered in partnership with CHROMA, the leading arts therapies provider. It will be available alongside physiotherapy, psychology, speech and language therapy, and occu ..read more

For the first time outside of a research environment, the mobile-first Vodafone PLAYER.Connect platform allows concussion data to be viewed side-by-side with menstrual cycle data. Vodafone, founding principal partner of Wales Women’s and Girls’ Rugby, has added new concussion tracking technology to its revolutionary PLAYER.Connect platform, to help female athletes better track and manage the symptoms of concussion. Concussion remains the most common injury within rugby. Reducing the risk of concussion, and mitigating its short- and long-term symptoms, is one of the highest priorities for the s ..read more