
Dr Lesley McBride
@lmcbphysio
Researcher/ PhD in cervical spine strength for sport, Lecturer/Researcher at University of Leicester and former squad physio for England Under 20s rugby squad.
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09-12-2013 20:34:23
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Our Lady Margaret Hall Faculty of Music student Christopher Churcher has just launched a fundraiser with Somerville College Choir to support his debut album: supportsomerville.com/campaigns/supp…. He is very talented, and I am very proud. Any donations will be greatly appreciated!


🚨New paper- Head contacts (HC) and concussion in University basketball🚨 Well done christy fehr! Take home messages: ⛹️55% more HC in men than women 🗝️73% male HCs in the key, 60% for female 🚫Only 15-55% direct HCs penalised Access here: journals.lww.com/cjsportsmed/ab…


Prevention is everything when it comes to CTE because it's an environmentally caused disease. In 2023, CLF and Boston University CTE Center published the first ever CTE Prevention Protocol, a simple playbook with recommendations for reducing the number and severity of head impacts proven to cause


Delighted to be involved in the 'Ahead of the Game' event last night in London discussing #concussion in #sport. Thanks to Sam Peters for hosting such an interesting and thought provoking evening.


Thanks UEFA for producing this useful infographic to accompany my presentation at last weeks' medical conference. This image is a nice summary of some the work we have been doing at the Centre of Excellence for Women in Sport Manchester Met Institute of Sport UK Sports Institute


Fantastic event, thanks to Sam Peters for the invite. Insightful networking with people who are passionate about creating better #concussion awareness & safer futures for our athletes Donna Sanderson-Hull Mark Lambert Sam Smith Lots of people doing great work BUT we need coordination


Re-introducing the new 2025 onwards co-chair of the Scottish Government sportscotland concussion advisory group talking about her work over the past 5 years in the concussion education space in Scotland. We are in good hands. Dr Stephanie Adams 🏴🇨🇦 #ifindoubtsitthemout




What an exciting week: two papers published in Brain and PAIN Journal on the findings from our large whiplash cohort. Massive thank you to Joel Fundaun Colette Ridehalgh Andrew Dilley and all other co-authors who were all instrumental in making this happen. Short summary below.

🚨Suspected injury, concussion and match events in youth rugby🚨 Work from Taylor Price MSc thesis. 📹 Video analysis methods 🏃♀️Female vs🏃♂️Male populations 30% more tackle in 🏃♀️ than🏃♂️ but no diff in injury outcomes 🏉 7s vs 15s formats Access here: journals.lww.com/cjsportsmed/fu…


One of the strategic goals of Concussion Legacy Foundation is to recruit top scientists around the world to the fight to #EndCTE, and I'm excited to share we just had a major win. In 2018 we created the CLF Global Brain Bank to found or connect CTE research programs at brain banks in the US,



As research advances our understanding we can manage #concussion better. Still lots to learn, proud of my contribution to Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) #Frontline this month. Look there for resources and information #PhD University of Leicester Ben Robinson Sam Peters MACP Donna Sanderson-Hull UoL Physio Society- Student account



If you want the latest expert consensus on neck training please read our newly published paper👇British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) well done Molly for pulling this truly global group of experts together! #neckstrength #concussion #HAE #evidencebased University of Leicester Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) UoL Physio Society- Student account