Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Mouthguards are good for protecting the teeth. Other than that they don't do much.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Nothing.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  That's also a good question.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  You've had a couple of good ones in the past. The issue of surveillance is really a critical thing in Canada because it's not ongoing. There is a surveillance system run by the major Toronto hospitals in the country. I think it's called CHIRPP. However, they only see a fraction

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  I think you're absolutely correct that sometimes when you develop protective equipment it gives a false sense of security to the wearer. In fact, I think this has happened in ice hockey, where the increase in concussion, in my history of it, has been related to making better he

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  The original tests were a 10-pound block of wood dropped onto a helmeted head form. Now we drop the head form. The sensors that are used now are three-dimensional accelerometers, so we measure the acceleration experienced by the head in striking the ground. That measure of accele

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  It's every five years.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Yes. Well, it's increasing at the pro level. In fact, just recently the NHL board of governors or general managers had a meeting in Florida, where that was one thing on their agenda, the number of goaltenders who had concussions this year and were out for a long time. We haven't

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  It's a very interesting question. I did consult with the member of the NHL who sits on our technical committee and asked him if I could get some data. It had to be minimal data on numbers, types and where they were struck. His first response was, “I don't think they'll release th

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  No, I'm sorry, I don't think I said that.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  The decrease is in traumatic brain injury such as skull fractures, subdural hematomas, and I didn't mention death.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Yes.

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  We know there's a concussion problem. We do know that, and we do know what's happening to players who are wearing helmets. The question is, why is it happening, and is there a way in which the helmet can mitigate against these things? My own personal approach to this is that th

Subcommittee on Sports-Related Concussions in Canada committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and honourable members. I, too, would like to highlight a few key points as they relate to head trauma in sport. As you already know, concussion is a complex injury caused by rotational motion of the brain. In hockey, there are four ways in which a player c