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New guidelines for sports concussions released

Sep 25, 2013 by

New and updated guidelines for managing sports concussions were recently included in an article in “Journal of Neurotrauma.” They include topics like the definition of concussion, diagnosis, acute care of athletes, and determining return to play....

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Is CTE in the NFL unique?

Sep 8, 2013 by

A new study out of Loyola University Medical Center has found no evidence that retired NFL player suffer a unique cognitive disorder like CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy). Although the results said the NFL players were clearly impaired relative to...

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Assessing cheerleaders’ concussions

Sep 6, 2013 by

When assessing cheerleaders’ concussions, neurocognitive testing is more accurate than self-reporting. The ImPACT (Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing) was able to better detect and measure post-concussion abnormalities....

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New method to measure cumulative effect of head hits in football...

Aug 18, 2013 by

There’s a new metric called RWE (Risk Weighted Cumulative Exposure) that can determine a football player’s concussion risk. RWE measures the frequency and magnitude of all impacts. A recent study of high school football players found that impact frequency...

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NHL concussions not reduced by bodychecking rules

Aug 17, 2013 by

Despite new rules regulating contact to the head, there hasn’t been a decrease in the number of concussions in the National Hockey League. In a recent study, researchers found that 64 percent of the concussions were caused by body-checking,...

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TBI recovery affected by JNK3 expression

Aug 5, 2013 by

In the early states of a traumatic brain injury, the JNK3 expression was downregulated. This downregulation of JNK3 expression seems to promote the recovery of brain function of a TBI....

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