For several years both cognitive and physical rest remained at the forefront in pediatric postconcussion management. However, the concept of "rest" has not been well defined and there remains significant variability both in terms of rest recommendations provided as well as adherence to such recommendations. More recently, there has been growing evidence to suggest that an earlier return to ligh...

Elite rugby league and union have some of the highest reported rates concussion (mild traumatic brain injury) in professional sport due part to their full-contact high-velocity collision-based nature. Currently, concussions are most commonly match injury during tackle for both ball carrier tackler (8–28 per 1000 player hours) reports exist reduced cognitive function long-term health consequence...

OBJECT The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention on concussion knowledge within a sample of junior fourth-tier ice hockey players. METHODS A prospective cohort study, called the Hockey Concussion Education Project, was conducted during 1 junior ice hockey regular season (2009-2010) with 67 male fourth-tier ice hockey players (mean age 18.2 ± 1.2 ye...

BACKGROUND Ice hockey is a high-speed collision sport with recognized injury potential. Body checking, identified as a primary cause of injury, is allowed in men's hockey but is not allowed at any level for female players. The injury patterns in collegiate hockey should reflect this fundamental difference in how the game is played. In this study, we reviewed the injuries sustained by National C...

Soccer has not always been perceived as a high-risk sport for head injuries or concussions. However, recent research suggests that soccer players have head injury and concussion rates similar to those for football and ice hockey. The Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine (CASM) has undertaken this discussion paper to review the literature and to provide recommendations to the public to decrease th...

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 ...

CONTEXT Virtual reality environments may allow researchers to investigate functional balance performance without risks associated with testing in the real world. OBJECTIVE To investigate the effects of the mass of a head-mounted display (HMD) on balance performance. DESIGN Counterbalanced pretest-posttest. SETTING Virtual reality laboratory. PARTICIPANTS 20 healthy college students. I...

Article history: Received 31 October 2016 Accepted 31 October 2016 Available online 2 November 2016 football players Talavage et al. (2014) using computerised cognitive testing and imaging via functional magnetic resonance imaging, observed measurable neurocognitive and neurophysiological impairments respectively after a competitive season in a group of athletes who showed no clinical symptoms....