Sport concussion is commonly assessed using a battery of tests that evaluate
neurocognitive functioning, postural control and self-report symptoms. The degree to which …

The clinical signs and symptoms of sport concussion have long been recognized as 1, 2
brought about by an extrinsic force applied directly or indirectly to the head or body. 3 Much …

Context: With an estimated 3.8 million sport-and recreation-related concussions occurring
annually, targeted prevention and diagnostic methods are needed. Biomechanical analysis …

This paper presents the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 5th Edition (SCAT5), which is
the most recent revision of a sport concussion evaluation tool for use by healthcare …

Objective: To provide athletic trainers, physicians, and other health care professionals with
best-practice guidelines for the management of sport-related concussions. Background: An …

Concussive head injury opens a temporary window of brain vulnerability due to the
impairment of cellular energetic metabolism. As experimentally demonstrated, a second mild …

OBJECTIVE: Sports medicine clinicians commonly use multiple tests when evaluating
patients with concussion. The specific tests vary but often include symptom inventories …

Little is known about the impact biomechanics sustained by players during interscholastic
football. Context: To characterize the location and magnitude of impacts sustained by …

Context: Computer-based neurocognitive assessment programs commonly are used to
assist in concussion diagnosis and management. These tests have been adopted readily by …

METHODS We monitored all football related head impacts in 78 high school athletes (mean
age 16.7 years) from 2005 through 2008 in order to better understand the biomechanical …