Public interest in concussion has exploded over the space of a generation, together with a new understanding of how best to help patients recover. Concussion patients were once prescribed rest in a ...

Correspondence to: Dr Pleacher Maine Medical Center, Sports Medicine, Portland, ME 04102, USA; pleacherm{at}hotmail.com Methods: An 11 item questionnaire was mailed to primary care providers in the ...

A group of more than 100 expert researchers and clinicians from around the world has distilled and synthesized new scientific evidence and updated existing recommendations with the aim of ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Researchers around the world, including internationally known concussion expert John J. Leddy, MD, clinical professor of orthopaedics and sports medicine in the Jacobs School of ...

The American Academy of Neurology, in its first new guidelines for concussion management in sports since 1997, recommended Monday that any athlete with a suspected concussion be removed from play ...

Background There are many reasons why concussion in children needs to be considered different from adults. The Zurich (2008) recommendations on the management of concussion in children are restricted ...

A concussion clinic changed its childhood concussion policies in 2017. A new study of this protocol change shows the approach, which recommended concussed kids begin rehab two weeks or less after ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Active management after concussion is the best way for patients to recover and get back to school and work as quickly as possible, according to a Clinical Practice paper published ...

The Australian Football League has released its updated guidelines for the elite game and strategic plan for sport-related ...

THE AFL has released updated guidelines on the Management of Sport-Related Concussion in Australian Football at all levels of ...