Sport-related concussions are mild traumatic brain injuries that demand timely recognition and management. This review explores current evidence on pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment strategies ...

The first sentence of the NFL Head, Neck and Spine Committee’s Concussion Diagnosis and Management Protocol – more commonly referred to in the truncated "NFL Concussion Protocol" – reads as such: ...

Objective To examine the reliability and learning effect of an assessment tool based on serious gaming (SENIC) for sport-related concussions. A secondary objective was to collect preliminary data on ...

Reported symptoms were more accurate for concussion diagnosis than objective cognitive testing was, a case-control study of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) athletes found. Diagnostic ...

Objective Establish the natural history of clinical signs and symptoms, and neurocognitive function, in motorsport athletes. Major hypothesis; the SCAT5 can capture sport-specific subjective and ...

Curious about what a player has to do when they are placed in NFL concussion protocol? Here is what that entails. The 2023 NFL season is back. While that means fans get to watch a full slate of games ...

A test used to gauge whether a college athlete has suffered a concussion is right only half the time and may be useless, new research finds. The test used by the NCAA, which oversees college sports, ...

The FDA has granted de novo clearance to two concussion assessment software products from ImPACT Applications. The Pittsburgh-based company developed its original software in the 90s for computers, ...

Schools and colleges across the country rely on Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing (ImPACT) evaluations to assess and manage student-athlete concussions on the sidelines.

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A few months ago, I was in a minor car accident and was told I had a mild concussion. I hadn't lost consciousness and only felt slightly "off," but my doctor told me to lie low for a ...

Honoring National Childhood Injury Prevention Week starting September 1, parents of student-athletes, among all the others involved in sports, must face the realities of the mild traumatic brain ...