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Impaired cerebral haemodynamic function associated with chronic traumatic brain injury in professional boxers

First ever human study to demonstrate that dynamic cerebral autoregulation, carbon dioxide vasoreactivity and cortical oxygenation are selectively impaired in professional boxers. Findings provide the first mechanistic basis explaining why chronic traumatic brain injury is a progressive disease that manifests beyond the active boxing career. Paper presented by Bailey as an International Keynote at the Irish Institute of Clinical Neuroscience (Boxing and the Brain), Dublin November 23rd, 2012 and has generated considerable media interest including commentaries on the Fight Medicine webpage (http://fightmedicine.net/). Also stimulated strategic collaboration with Prof Ann McKee (Boston University School of Medicine, USA), the world‟s foremost

authority on traumatic encephalopathy.