Finally concussions, and Dr. Bennet Omalu’s battle to uncover the risks of repetitive head trauma, are getting the attention they deserve. The movie Concussion starring Will Smith will undoubtably ...

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 ...

Late last summer, Penguins goalie Matt Murray went through the tests to determine his cognitive baseline. In a room with a trained clinician, Murray paired shapes, numbers and images on a computer ...

The baseline test measures several nervous system functions including balance, oculomotor-motor function, and cognitive performance. Typically, baseline tests are administered via a computerized ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Eighteen football players focused on the test before them. The room was silent, like during a standardized test, except this test wasn't about selecting an answer by filling in a ...

1 Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA 2 Department of Neurology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA 3 Department of ...

Background Concussion baseline testing has drawn criticism regarding its clinical utility in the community setting. Recent studies have suggested that baseline testing may have additional advantages, ...

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 concussion ...

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 ...