The American Academy of Neurology, in its first new guidelines for concussion management in sports since 1997, recommended Monday that any athlete with a suspected concussion be removed from play ...

Correspondence to: Dr Pleacher Maine Medical Center, Sports Medicine, Portland, ME 04102, USA; pleacherm{at}hotmail.com Methods: An 11 item questionnaire was mailed to primary care providers in the ...

John J. Leddy partnered with his UB colleague Barry Willer to develop an exercise-based test that helps doctors understand when it’s safe for an athlete to return to play following a concussion.

1 University College, Institute of Sport, London. 2 Institute of Sport, British Athletics and Institute of Sport, London. Objective to investigate the knowledge and practice of Rugby Union referees ...

Dover-Sherborn High School football players practice tackling technique in an early season work out. The athletic department launched a computerized concussion management program this fall. (Meghna ...

When it comes to concussion management, Richard Okragly MD, a physician with TriHealth Priority Care and director of the TriHealth Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship, stresses if there's one ...

High school girls soccer is a growing concussion concern. Concussions do not discriminate, and recent studies show distinct gender differences may complicate sports concussion management care. While ...

The AFL has released its updated guidelines for the management of concussion in Australian football at all levels of the game outside of the AFL and AFLW competitions for 2021. In considering the best ...

On March 29, Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association announced new protocols related to concussion management for both players and umpires, effective from Opening Day ...

Researchers have found a way to determine whether someone has suffered a concussion by measuring the blood levels of three biomarkers within six hours of the injury. The blood test could be used ...