Objectives To examine the utility of Sport Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT5) subcomponents in differentiating physician diagnosed concussed players from controls. Methods We evaluated 1924 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 today. 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.

The Sport Concussion Assessment Tool version 3 (SCAT3) and the child version (ChildSCAT3) can accurately identify concussion in children, according to a new study published online July 26 in ...

GREEN BAY - A venture fund led by the Green Bay Packers and Microsoft has invested in a new technology that promises to provide a major advance in the diagnosis of concussions. TitletownTech, a ...

The NFL has specific guidelines for handling players who may have been concussed, but you might not have known it by watching the league's season opener between the Broncos and Panthers. The league's ...

“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 Friday. The announcement was made in ...