Canadian
Traumatic Brain
Injury Research
Consortium

The Canadian Traumatic Brain Injury Research Consortium was created in December 2015 and was initially funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation (ONF). To know more about our group, please click on the link “know more”.

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0 68
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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is among the most common reason that children visit the Emergency Department, with approximately 50,000 visits every year in Canada. Within the pediatric group, young children aged 0-4 years and adolescents aged 15-19 years are most likely to sustain a TBI.

Traumatic brain injuries mainly afflict young healthy people and are a major public health issue. Damage extent is sometimes so important that victims who initially survive end up living with severe sequelae and significantly altered quality of life.

Although the vast majority of individuals who sustain a sport-related concussion (SRC) will receive medical clearance to return to sport within 7-10 days...

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