UB expert John Leddy says quick implementation of the new guidelines for primary care providers will benefit patients sooner.

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 ...

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 ...

Objective To examine differences between youth athletes with concussion and uninjured controls using a smartphone-based motor-cognitive assessment measuring single/dual-task gait velocity and ...

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 ...

Collecting an account of practitioners’ lived experiences of on-pitch concussion management in football provides real-world ...

This story has been corrected to reflect the fact the Mizzou Point-of-Care Assessment System detects mild-cognitive impairment. Mild cognitive impairment is the earliest clinically diagnosable state ...

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 ...

A concussion is a serious condition caused by a traumatic brain injury, or TBI. At its most severe, a concussion can result in lasting neurological issues over several months. Most concussions, ...

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: ...

A concussion diagnosis is associated with a 49% higher risk for a subsequent vehicle crash in adults than more benign ...

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 ...