The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority has introduced Thoroughbred racing's first-ever recommended national concussion protocol in the United States for jockeys. Under HISA's Racetrack Safety ...

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 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Researchers around the world, including internationally known concussion expert John J. Leddy, MD, clinical professor of orthopaedics and sports medicine in the Jacobs School of ...

Objective To examine prevention strategies and potential modifiable risk factors (MRFs) for sport-related concussion (SRC) and head impact/head acceleration event (HAE) outcomes in female, woman ...

Active management after concussion is the best way for patients to recover and get back to school and work as quickly as possible, according to a Clinical Practice paper published yesterday in the New ...

Objective Evaluate knowledge on concussion management within the European Francophonie of the ReFORM group. Design Cross-sectional. Setting 85 participants of an educational conference on concussion’s ...

When Alex Fleming was helping the Franklin Regional Panthers football team win the PIAA’s 2005 AAA championship, he wasn’t thinking much about concussion protocol. But as the 2007 Franklin Regional ...

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 ...

While concussions in football, soccer and hockey grab the headlines, a jarring fall or untimely hit to the head occur more often than you think. Even if you don’t play a sport, concussions can occur ...

As school spins up and student athletes return to fall sports, it’s important to be aware of signs and symptoms of a concussion/ mTBI (mild Traumatic Brain Injury). A concussion is a type of TBI ...