An easy, two-minute vision test administered on the sidelines after a young athlete takes a blow to the head can help to reliably determine whether the athlete has sustained a concussion, according to ...

PITTSBURGH — Free concussion baseline testing will be offered to student athletes, ages 5 and up, from the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation and UPMC Sports Medicine. The Heads UP Pittsburgh program is a ...

An Orange County sports business says it has made an advancement in detecting one of the most significant injuries suffered by athletes: concussions. Irvine-based MotoAmerica is implementing new ...

BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) — The fun and excitement of Friday night lights is upon us. But a shadow casting over that excitement that’s hard to look past, is the risk for concussions for student-athletes.

Concussions can occur in many different ways, but they are more likely to occur when playing fast-paced team sports like Australian football, rugby, netball, hockey and soccer. Unlike many other ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday announced it cleared the first computer-based tests for measuring cognitive function after a suspected concussion in both adults and children.

A test used to gauge whether a college athlete has suffered a concussion is right only half the time and may be useless, new research finds. The test used by the NCAA, which oversees college sports, ...

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 ...

For an older patient after a fall, a single blood draw could soon turn a doctor’s hunch into objective evidence. Labs, in ...

Former NRL star Luke Keary has revealed concussion testing is getting too easy for players and needs to be changed. Concussion tests and head injury management are an ongoing topic of conversation in ...

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 ...