IMPORTANCE Soccer, originally introduced as a safer sport for children and adolescents, has seen a rapid increase in popularity in the United States over the past 3 decades. Recently, concerns have been raised regarding the safety of soccer ball heading (when an athlete attempts to play the ball in the air with his or her head) given the rise in concussion rates, with some calling for a ban on ...

Recent studies have shown that the detrimental effects of sports concussions on cognitive and motor function may persist up to a few years post-injury. The present study sought to investigate the effects of having sustained a sports concussion more than 30 years prior to testing on cognitive and motor functions. Nineteen healthy former athletes, in late adulthood (mean age= 60.79; SD=5.16), who...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the awareness of concussion-related symptoms amongst members of the sports community in Canada. METHODS A cross-sectional national electronic survey was conducted. Youth athletes, parents, coaches and medical professionals across Canada were recruited through mailing lists from sports-related opt-in marketing databases. Participants were asked to identify, from a list of...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this paper is to review existing literature surrounding the utility of the King-Devick test which is a commonly used sideline assessment tool for sport-related concussions. METHODS A review of the literature was performed using MEDLINE, CINHAL, and SportDiscus databases. The search was performed from the beginning of the record through November 16th, 2015. RESULTS...

Athletes participating in contact sports such as ice hockey are exposed to a high risk of suffering a concussion. We determined whether recent rule changes regulating contact to the head introduced in 2010-11 and 2011-12 have been effective in reducing the incidence of concussion in the National Hockey League (NHL). A league with a longstanding ban on hits contacting the head, the Ontario Hocke...

Objectives: Sport related concussion has been repeatedly demonstrated to increase the risk of subsequent lower extremity injury in athletes. The current literature suggests that, for multiple years after a concussion, athletes are at increased injury. However, we unaware any studies that have an upper injuries sport concussion. purpose this study was investigate change NCAA football players ret...

Context No prior study has examined inversion position testing in individuals who have experienced sports related concussions. Objective To investigate whether the (IPT) would un-mask symptoms asymptomatic concussed collegiate athletes during return to play progression assessment. Design Case-Control Study. Setting Athletic Training Room. Participants One hundred and thirty-nine student were ra...

Objective: Determine the role of magnetoencephalography (MEG) in evaluating sports-related concussions. Subject: A professional indoor soccer player who suffered his fifth concussion. Methods: The subject underwent neuropsychological testing to assess a variety of brain functions. Brain MRI and MEG were subsequently performed at the University of California, San Diego Radiology Imaging Lab-MEG ...