Top mountain biker welcomes device to monitor concussion
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A former world champion mountain biker has described as “really important for us” a device that will help tackle the effects of serious head impacts. From there, we’ll start to see the whole picture and that will help inform research on the long-term effects of concussion and head injury.” The device will be debuted this mountain biking season where some 50 professional riders will be wearing it, including former world champion Reece Wilson and rising star Hattie Harnden, both of whom have experienced serious concussions. Wilson, who had to take a year out of the sport due to concussion, said: “We do crash pretty frequently in mountain biking so the HIT device is going to be really important for us. He said: “It’s an accessible device, it’s for any age, any activity, any gender, and it’s helping protect you now, but in the future as well.” Professor Angus Hunter, of Nottingham Trent University, who helped develop the device, said it could help save lives.
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