Blood test identifies brain damage from concussion in ice hockey
Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy in Sweden, who surveyed all of the players in the Swedish Hockey League, have developed a method that can show just an hour after the injury how severe the concussion is, if there is a risk of long-term symptoms and about when the player can return to the game.High resolution photos and film material to download below, free to publish. Between September and December of the 2012/2013 season alone, 35 of 288 players in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) had had a concussion - in three cases, it was so severe that the player was knocked unconscious.