Fall sports season is in full swing, with many students as young as kindergarten participating in high contact sports such as football and soccer. According to the Brain Injury Research Institute, an ...
Few moments are as silent as a stadium or racetrack when an athlete is down. When – hopefully – the athlete stands again, the cheers and applause erupt. But that collective celebration can be ...
When college athletes are evaluated for a possible concussion, the diagnosis is based on an athletic trainer or team physician’s assessment of three things: the player’s symptoms, physical balance and ...
BOSTON — On May 10, on his first shift, Brad Marchand tumbled to the TD Garden ice. It took him time to get up. Bruins HC Jim Montgomery says Brad Marchand is day-to-day with an upper-body injury ...
Curtin University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Concussions can occur in many different ways, but they are more likely to occur when playing fast-paced team sports like ...
Dr. Melissa Womble, Director of the Inova Concussion Program speaks at a news conference at Loudoun County High School on Sept. 7. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein) Every high school athlete in Loudoun County ...
1 Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA 2 Department of Neurology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA 3 Department of ...
A deluge of concussion information pours into the media every day, which makes it hard to know who, or what to believe. Since concussions emerged onto the national scene, the general awareness level ...
When college athletes are evaluated for a possible concussion, the diagnosis is based on an athletic trainer or team physician's assessment of three things: the player's symptoms, physical balance and ...