Medical group offers cycling concussion guidelines

A non-profit organization is publishing a quick-reference card to help cycling teams and race officials assess possible concussions.

The group, Medicine of Cycling, has collaborated with a group of physicians and researchers with a special interest in cycling medicine to publish the laminated cards.

Cycling is the category leader for the number of estimated head injuries treated in U.S. hospital emergency rooms, with traumatic brain injury as the leading cause of death from sports-related injuries, according to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.

Get the whole article at the Bicycle Retailer and Industry News.

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