Researchers around the world, including internationally known concussion expert John J. Leddy, MD, clinical professor of ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — 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 ...

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 ...

IRVING, Texas – The Big 12 Conference has announced its policy for concussion diagnosis and management in the care of all student-athletes. The policy, developed by team athletic trainers, physicians ...

Children aged 5-12 years with concussion have similar recovery trajectories, regardless of whether the injury is linked to sports or to other causes, such as falls, new data indicated. “With that ...

Elizabeth Teel: “We found that kids who started treatment earlier recover about a week faster compared to those who started treatment later.” Recovery from concussions can be a long and difficult ...

Despite the brain being one of the most important organs of the body, breakthroughs in brain health, specifically the way we measure cognition, have been largely unchanged in decades. Advanced ...

Some health care professionals are calling concussions a growing epidemic. Each year, more than 300,000 sports-related concussions occur in the United States. Ignoring a concussion -- and continuing ...

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 ...