but the university of british columbia is undertaking a five—year study to take a look at the impact on the sport. marc cieslak has been finding out more. ice hockey is tough. it's fast. it's a sport where contact has become as much a part of the game as sticks, pucks and the cold. it's physical and it's filled with ways for players to injure themselves. while awareness of concussion and impact trauma in sports has increased in the last few years and filled headlines, researchers continue to study the issues. but does technology really have a place to play in making sports like this one safer? it's a massive concern. so, in ice hockey, i think it's one of the most common injuries sustained by hockey players. i played 17 years professional hockey, and former hockey players that i know that have cognitive issues, whether it's early alzheimer's to headaches to still feeling nauseous. here at the university of british columbia, researchers are undertaking a study of concussion with help from the college's ice hockey team, the ubc thunderbirds. dr alex rauscher heads up the team. his neck

but the university of british columbia is undertaking a five year study to take a look at the impact ssion on the sport. mar cieslak has been finding out more. ice hockey is tough. it is fast. it's a sport where contact has become as much a part of the game as sticks, pucks and the cold. it is physical and it is filled with ways for players to injure themselves. while awareness of concussion and impact trauma in sports has increased in the last few years and filled headlines, researchers continue to study the issues. but does technology really have a place to play in making sports like this one safer? it is a massive concern. so in ice hockey, i think it is one of the most common injuries sustained by hockey players. i played 17 years professional hockey, and former hockey players that i know that have cognitive issues, whether it's early alzheimer's to headaches to still feeling nauseous. here at the university of british columbia researchers are undertaking a study of concussion with help from the college's ice hockey team, the ubc thunderbirds. dr alex rauscher heads up the team —

but the university of british columbia is undertaking a five year study to take a look at the impact cussion on the sport. mar cieslak has been finding out more. ice hockey is tough. it is fast. it's a sport where contact has become as much a part of the game as sticks, pucks and the cold. it is physical and it is filled with ways for players to injure themselves. while awareness of concussion and impact trauma in sports has increased in the last few years and filled headlines, researchers continue to study the issues. but does technology really have a place to play in making sports like this one safer? it is a massive concern. so in ice hockey, i think it is one of the most common injuries sustained by hockey players. i played 17 years professional hockey, and former hockey players that i know that have cognitive issues, whether it's early alzheimer's to headaches to still feeling nauseous. here at the university of british columbia researchers are undertaking a study of concussion with help from the college's ice hockey team, the ubc thunderbirds. dr alex rauscher heads up the team

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but the university of british columbia is undertaking a five—year study to take a look at the impact thunderbirds. dr alex rauscher heads up the team. his neck injury is unrelated to his work. concussion is the result of a hit to the head, but it could also be elsewhere on the body, that leads to accelerations of the brain inside the skull, and that means that the brain, you know, hits the skull from the inside and that can cause injury. i want to try to understand the accumulation of those repetitive impacts that hockey players sustain and how it affects long—term brain health. the team at ubc are making use of a variety of different technologies, such as smart mouthguards, which are fitted with sensors. a real novelty of a mouthguard is that it's got a really good mechanical coupling with the skull, so you can get a good representation of what impacts the players sustain, how hard they get hit, what direction the impact�*s occurring. while wearable sensors provide information about the number of times a player is hit and the amount of force that's exerted on them during an impact,

but the university of british columbia is undertaking a five—year study to take a look at the impact sical and it's filled with ways for players to injure themselves. while awareness of concussion and impact trauma in sports has increased in the last few years and filled headlines, researchers continue to study the issues. but does technology really have a place to play in making sports like this one safer? it's a massive concern. so, in ice hockey, i think it's one of the most common injuries sustained by hockey players. i played 17 years professional hockey, and former hockey players that i know that have cognitive issues, whether it's early alzheimer's to headaches to still feeling nauseous. here at the university of british columbia, researchers are undertaking a study of concussion with help from the college's ice hockey team, the ubc thunderbirds. dr alex rauscher heads up the team. his neck injury is unrelated to his work. concussion is the result of a hit to the head, but it could also be elsewhere on the body, that leads to accelerations of the brain inside the skull, and tha