Concussions are a common sports injury with the potential to cause long-term brain damage, especially if left untreated. Unfortunately, they often go undetected due to the inherently subjective ...

Objective Rugby Union, in common with other elite sports, has developed systems to identify, evaluate and treat players sustaining sports related concussions. This study examines the clinical progress ...

Background Sideline detection is the first and most significant step in recognising a potential concussion and removing an athlete from harm. This systematic review aims to evaluate the critical ...

Concussion in sport is a mild traumatic brain injury resulting from biomechanical forces transmitted to the head that produce transient neurological impairment without overt structural damage on ...

Creating a baseline for each youth athlete is a critical part of accurate future concussion assessment, according to new research. Differences in how females and males scored on a standardized ...

The NFL's concussion protocol, authored and administered jointly with the NFL Players Association, has come under fire in 2017. The most recent criticism came this week, when Houston Texans ...

NFL team medical personnel will use this season a new standardized sideline concussion assessment protocol, the NFL Head, Neck and Spine Committee announced Friday. The announcement was made in ...

Echemendia et al. (2023). Acute evaluation of sport-related concussion and implications for the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT6) for adults, adolescents and children: A systematic review.

CT scan of a brain of a patient with subdural hemorrhage, interhemispheric hemorrhage and cerebral edema from trauamatic brain injury (TBI). (CT scan of a brain of a patient with subdural hemorrhage, ...

“The biggest thing about concussion is that you can’t see it,” says one first-team physio in the English Football League. “It’s the invisible injury. And, at times, that’s what can make your decision ...

NFL team medical personnel will use this season a new standardized sideline concussion assessment protocol, the NFL Head, Neck and Spine Committee announced today. The announcement was made in ...