NFLPA initiates investigation into concussion protocols after Tua injury

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Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

So Dr Chao diagnosed him and then let him on the field? If the doctor you're quoting didn't actually examine him, then their opinion is irrelevant.

That’s not true at all. He called it a “no-go” event. Which means based on the video, it didn’t matter if he passed protocol, he couldn’t return.

No go observations include:

Amnesia, loss of consciousness, confusion, gross motor instability. Granted, the motor instability needs to be determined to be neurologic in nature.

My understanding is that the neurologist that examined him, determined that the motor instability he demonstrated was from his “back”. And this is the major source of scrutiny.

The dude nailed his head on the turf, and then couldn’t walk, then passed the protocol, and they determine his back was what made him stumble and shake the cobwebs out of his head.

Dr Chao is on Twitter. He regularly comments on player injuries. He is an orthopedic surgeon and was an NFL team physician for 17 years.