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Steve@Mose 
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Potential good news, but years away from pitchside application.
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Posted: 24 Mar 2021 at 09:53 |
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What you really want is a ptichside test that costs under a pound - which is possibly even further away. If it costs more, it would only be used in the professional game, which is important as they train more and take most punishment - but such a small fraction of the playing base.
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Posted: 24 Mar 2021 at 10:36 |
Given the development of lateral flow tests for Covid-19 and now saliva tests being developed for concussion there is hope that boffins will develop handheld/portable device(s) which can rapidly provide highly accurate results. If such device(s) can be manufactured to be affordable for deployment with paramedics then they will hopefully be affordable/available to sports clubs. But likely to be years away.
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Posted: 24 Mar 2021 at 12:38 |
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Read something about the pitchside test taking several years to develop.
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Posted: 24 Mar 2021 at 14:32 |
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I suspect the speed of development will depend on the investment made. The scientists doing this have been part-funded by the RFU, if there is further investment from them and World Rugby that could speed up the appearance of the pitch side test.
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Posted: 24 Mar 2021 at 18:25 |
I would expect interest and support from both rugby codes, the NFL, and eventually FIFA - mainly so they can all point to the development of saliva testing as how they are doing their bit towards making their sport safer.
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Posted: 30 Mar 2021 at 17:54 |
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Interesting.
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Posted: 30 Mar 2021 at 18:02 |
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Anything that improves the identification of a concussion is beneficial but this needs to become simple enough to be used at all levels of the game.
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