Background Despite recent advances in the diagnosis and management of sports-related concussion (SRC) in the sports medicine community; as well as heightened recognition of the condition by the public ...

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 10, 2014 – Researchers at UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh have created a new, 5- to 10-minute test that could be added to a clinician's concussion evaluation toolkit for a more ...

Think again, a recent study says. People who forego concussion treatment can have lingering aftereffects that make them slow, sluggish and off-kilter, researchers reported recently in the Physical ...

As athletes with concussion recover, several tests typically guide a multistage return-to-play protocol and eventual clearance to return to sport participation. 1 The rate at which athletes return to ...

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.

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 ...

Objective Using a biopsychosocial framework and the three-factor fatigue model, we aimed to (1) plot recovery of fatigue over the 3 months following paediatric concussion and (2) explore factors ...

After a concussion, people may experience loss of consciousness, disorientation, and nausea. Anyone with concussion should stop all strenuous activity and seek immediate medical help. When a person ...