It is a common scene on athletic fields throughout the United States. A player takes a big hit and falls to the ground only to stumble to their feet and walk off more than just a little wobbly. While ...
Concussions and repetitive brain injuries are relatively new topics in the public realm, primarily brought to light after a series of high-profile cases in the media connected to professional football ...
Experts often use sophisticated equipment to measure the severity of a concussion, but a simple, new test uses items a doctor could carry in his pocket. Vestibular Ocular Motor Screening uses a ...
Earlier this summer, Jackson High School football players were herded into the school's computer lab 30 at a time to try their hands at tricky mind games. When the athletes were done, they returned to ...
One of the first things former Quince Orchard High School girls soccer standout Kayla Clarke did as a new member of the University of Maryland women's soccer team three years ago was undergo baseline ...
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – The Center Foundation is pleased to announce our next Community Concussion Baseline Testing session on Wednesday, October 30. ImPACT Concussion Baseline testing is available for ...
TUCSON, Ariz. — Corina Gallardo was a straight-A student through junior high. But by her freshman year, she couldn’t focus for long and her grades suffered. “I was always tired, I was always sleeping ...
Athletes in the Wood River area now have access to ImPACT through St. Luke’s Elks Rehab in Ketchum, part of the St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center. ImPACT is Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and ...
A newly created blood test can diagnose a concussion with more than 90 percent accuracy, according to a new study published in Metabolomics. The new test involves profiling metabolites in the ...
The FDA has granted de novo clearance to two concussion assessment software products from ImPACT Applications. The Pittsburgh-based company developed its original software in the 90s for computers, ...