Recovering from a concussion typically takes female athletes more than twice as long as males, according to a new study that tracked hundreds of teenagers active in sports. The finding adds to a ...

Objective The Concussion in Sport Group guidelines recommend a multifaceted approach to help clinicians make return to sport decisions. The purpose of this study was to identify the most common ...

BOSTON - World Cup organizers repeatedly failed to follow their own concussion protocol and then failed to take advantage of the international interest in the tournament to teach soccer fans and young ...

High school students—particularly males—who reported a history of concussion in the last year were more likely to engage in suicidal thoughts, planning or attempts than their nonconcussed peers, ...

When playing sports, it's important to remember: Brains don't have seat belts. When rapid acceleration or deceleration of the brain inside the skull occurs with a blow to the head, a concussion ...

Angela Lumba-Brown, MD, first learned about concussions from personal experience. "I had two concussions playing high school basketball," said Lumba-Brown, a clinical assistant professor of emergency ...

While we may have moved past the days of referring to a blow to the head as a “bell-ringer” or allowing a player to dive back into a game while still groggy, concussions are still a painful reality ...

When a NASCAR driver climbs from a battered race car following a major crash, the medical evaluation can begin almost immediately. But what actually happens after that? NASCAR has spent years ...

A concussion, or mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), happens when a blow or jolt to the head or body causes the brain to move rapidly back and forth inside the skull. Concussions are considered a “mild ...