A Newcastle University neuropsychologist has helped develop new state-wide guidelines for managing concussion in sport.
Under the new guidelines, children who suffer a concussion while playing junior sport will be forced to take two days off school to recover.
The university's Dr Andrew Gardner has told the Telegraph 48 hours is a critical period of time to be limiting cognitive processing, so children who've suffered a head injury should be resting as much as possible.
Dr Gardner will be hosting a series of workshops on the issue starting next week.
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| Dr Andrew Gardner Picture: hmri.org.au |
