BACKGROUND: Vestibular and ocular motor impairments and symptoms have been documented in patients with sport-related concussions. However, there is no current brief clinical screen to assess and monitor these issues...more
BACKGROUND: Ice hockey is a fast-paced collision sport that entails both intentional (ie, body abstract checking) and incidental contact that may involve the head. The objective of this study was to determine the incidence of concussions in relation to...more
BACKGROUND: Although previous research has demonstrated that patients with posttraumatic migraine (PTM) after concussionreport more symptoms and cognitive deficits after injury than do those without PTM, it is not known whether these effects persist
beyond the first week of injury or whether PTM predicts recovery time...more
IMPORTANCE: American football is the largest participation sport in US high schools and is a
leading cause of concussion among adolescents. Little is known about the long-term
cognitive and mental health consequences of exposure to football-related head trauma at the
high school level.more
PURPOSE: The purpose of this paper is to discuss risk and prognostic factors for concussion outcomes, review comprehensive
approaches to assessment, and describe a new method for conceptualizing treatment...more
INTRODUCTION: The clinical signs and symptoms of sport concussion have long been recognized brought about by an extrinsic force applied directly or indirectly to the head or body. Much of the scientific literature surrounding this injury has focused on injury incidence, assessment tools,nd recovery patterns among athletes...more
BACKGROUND: Conventional management for concussion involves prescribed rest and progressive return to activity. Recent evidence challenges this notion and suggests that active approaches may be effective for some patients. Previous concussion consensus statements provide limited guidance regarding active treatment. OBJECTIVE: To describe...more