Objective To analyse the potential ways to reunite the mTBI and concussion constructs in order to harmonise screening, diagnosis and management. Design Narrative review. Setting In Quebec, the initial ...

Objective Athletes´ concussion knowledge is not optimal which may contribute to underreporting. In our 2018 study of 508 female athletes (age = 26.9, SD = 7.1, 34.5% retired) (Kristjánsdóttir et al., ...

Ask 10 random people what a concussion is, and you’d probably get 10 answers. Despite all the recent attention, the injury still is referred to as getting “your bell rung,” “knocked out” or “dinged up ...

Although concussions were first described in ancient times by Hippocrates, the definition of concussion and what differentiates it from other head trauma has been debated throughout history. Since the ...

Athletes do not have the same understanding of a concussion and its effects as the formally accepted medical definition of the condition, study results showed. “This study indicates that researchers ...

While many people can recognize a concussion when they see it, it can actually be a challenge to define exactly. That’s partially because a concussion is another name for a “mild” traumatic brain ...

While concussion awareness has improved over the past decade, understanding the nuances of these sports injuries, their severity, symptoms, and treatment, is still a work in progress. Neurologists and ...

Concussions are nothing to mess around with. By definition, they're a type of traumatic brain injury. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that when the brain bounces around in ...

The NFL and NFLPA have enacted a new addition to the league's concussion protocol following nearly universal criticism of the procedure in Weeks 3 and 4 of the season. Dolphins quarterback Tua ...

University of Montreal-led research has found that children who sustain concussion may need three months or longer to be considered optimally recovered across physical, cognitive, socioemotional, and ...

Ask 10 random people what a concussion is, and you’d probably get 10 answers. Despite all the recent attention, the injury still is referred to as getting “your bell rung,” “knocked out” or “dinged up ...