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5 Sep 2007, 1:24 pm
Benoit's brain was examined by the research team which included noted neurosurgeons Julian Bailes and Robert Cantu who along with retired pro wrestler, Chris Nowinski, author of Head Games, established the Sports Legacy Institute to look at the mounting evidence of permanent brain damage caused by concussions sustained by athletes. [read post]
14 Feb 2010, 1:44 pm by Michael Kaplen
According to one critic, former NFL player Brent Boyd who has been one of the leading voices for reform of the NFL concussion disability plan,   "It's like putting Richard Nixon in charge of the Watergate investigation,"  Another critic, prominent sports neurosurgeon, Robert Cantu says, "One problem is the people doing the testing are not at arm's length from the league," "It's also just not realistic to study concussions by… [read post]
20 Sep 2010, 6:37 am
Robert Cantu, Senior Advisor to the NFL Head, Neck, and Spine Committee, and one of the nation’s leading experts on concussions and sports was quoted as stating, “I doubt they [Eagles] did any kind of neurologic, thorough assessment. [read post]
31 Jan 2017, 8:08 pm by Walton Law Firm
Robert Cantu, a clinical professor of neurosurgery at Boston University’s School of Medicine, “the forces you’re measuring with those are not really exactly what the brain is seeing. [read post]
4 May 2012, 4:00 pm
Robert Cantu thinks that sports like ice hockey, lacrosse and tackle football should be off limits to kids under the age of 14 until rules are changed to limit risks of concussions and other injuries stemming from multiple blows to the head that so often come with the territory. [read post]
24 Dec 2009, 9:51 am by Michael Kaplen
Robert Cantu who is also vice president for the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment as says, "This is not going to give you data you want with regard to concussion.- The way in which this study is set up, it won't answer the question in any meaningful way. [read post]
19 Mar 2012, 6:51 am by Breakstone, White & Gluck
Robert Cantu, a clinical professor of neurosurgery at Boston University School of Medicine, told theGlobe that football is the leading cause of head injuries among student high school athletes nationwide. [read post]
24 Apr 2009, 11:39 am
Robert C Cantu, Boston University School of Medicine's clinical professor of neurosurgery, cheerleading is the most dangerous sport that women in college and high school take part in. [read post]
26 Oct 2011, 9:39 am
Robert Cantu, a neurosurgeon at Boston University and well known expert in the field of sports related head trauma and injuries, explained that when a person is conscious immediately after a trauma, and then deteriorates quickly as in Ridge Barden’s case, the cause of death is not the subdural hematoma, but massive brain swelling. [read post]
26 Jul 2010, 5:19 am by Joe Consumer
Robert Cantu, a senior adviser to the N.F.L. committee and director of the Neurological Sports Injury Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. [read post]
1 Dec 2009, 2:18 pm by Steven M. Gursten
Robert Cantu, a neurosurgeon who co-authored the University of North Carolina study said, "A large segment of society thinks that concussions are innocuous and everybody recovers from them, and life is gonna be merry ever after. [read post]
26 Jul 2010, 5:19 am by Joe Consumer
Robert Cantu, a senior adviser to the N.F.L. committee and director of the Neurological Sports Injury Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. [read post]
21 Oct 2010, 12:18 pm by Joe Consumer
Robert Cantu of the Boston University School of Medicine], said. [read post]
27 Oct 2009, 12:10 pm by Michael Kaplen
McKee and neurosurgeons, Robert Cantu and Julian Bailes who have also down extensive research on concussions and the effects of cumulative concussions in athletes. [read post]
30 Oct 2015, 1:33 pm by Walton Law Firm
Robert Cantu, one of the scientists who studied the recent data, highlighted that “there are a number of cases in people who never saw an athletic field. [read post]
3 Oct 2007, 6:20 pm
“Generally speaking, the medical profession does not do a very good job in recognizing that female athletes sustain concussions at an equal or even higher rate as males,” said Robert Cantu, M.D. of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, one of the nation’s leading experts in concussion management. [read post]
21 Oct 2010, 12:18 pm by Joe Consumer
Robert Cantu of the Boston University School of Medicine], said. [read post]
21 Dec 2009, 11:48 am by Dave Hoffman
It is, as the concussion specialist Robert Cantu argues, with repetitive subconcussive trauma. [read post]
3 Apr 2023, 12:07 pm by Neal S. Gainsberg
Robert Cantu from Boston University School of Medicine stated that brain injuries may lead to suicidal attempts and thoughts because individuals are experiencing ongoing symptoms such as structural or functional brain damage, and they become easily irritable and cannot handle the feelings of stress, anger, and frustration as someone without these injuries would. [read post]