Sure, I can comment.
First of all, I'm not sure if the committee has interviewed Dr. Angela Colantonio, but she actually has a CIHR grant to look at gender differences in brain injury and concussions in particular. She's an expert and an excellent resource.
I can definitely say that in my clinic, two-thirds or 70% of patients who have persisting symptoms are women. Their injuries are different. They're managed differently. I also think we have to consider a lot of psychosocial implications of this.
I can also comment that my clinic isn't just related to sport concussions. I see a lot of concussions outside of sport.
If I had one message, particularly if we're looking at adolescents, people in university and that sort of thing, sport has done so much for concussion, but there are people who have concussions because they are active, and concussion affects people who are active. People who aren't active don't get concussions. The truth is that you can even get one through recreation, through things that we don't consider sports, rock climbing and other things that aren't organized sport but people can get concussions. I think we have to ensure that this awareness occurs. People playing on the playground get concussions.
Certainly, the focus on gender needs to be researched. Women absolutely behave differently in relation to their response and in the treatment of their concussion.