A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) that can occur from an impact to your head. Concussions are relatively common in contact sports like football, in falls, or as a result of vehicle ...

Neck muscles, brain microarchitecture and the menstrual cycle are factors in why the genders suffer and recover from ...

In a counterintuitive new analysis, an international group of researchers are suggesting that concussions from college sports injuries might not only be less harmful than previously thought, but that ...

Sports-related concussions (SRC) may not be associated with long-term cognitive risks for non-professional athletes, a new study suggests. In fact, study participants who had experienced an SRC had ...

Beginning this fall, the concussion management protocol developed for University of Virginia student-athletes will become the standard of care for all students at Student Health and Wellness, thanks ...

Children with the least material deprivation visit the emergency department (ED) for concussion more frequently than children with the most material deprivation, according to a Canadian study. The ...

In a new study led by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), researchers found that novel eye-tracking metrics can help properly identify concussion-related vision disorders, a common phenomenon ...

Objective This study investigates the days of absence after concussion in the two highest professional football (soccer) leagues in Germany between 2014 and 2020. Design Retrospective analysis of all ...

Objective To examine prevention strategies and potential modifiable risk factors (MRFs) for sport-related concussion (SRC) and head impact/head acceleration event (HAE) outcomes in female, woman ...

Blood tests might be able to tell how badly a concussion has rung a person's bell, a new study says. Certain brain-related biomarkers in the blood are associated with how bad a teenager's symptoms ...

Doctors may prescribe off-label medications such as amitriptyline, topiramate, or ondansetron to help treat concussion symptoms like headaches, sleep problems, and nausea. A concussion is a mild ...