GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — After a hard hit during a Thursday night game last month, Carolina Panthers Defensive Captain Luke Kuechly has been on the sidelines in concussion protocol. The hit and ...

Football is a contact sport, but leagues do their best to implement rules that can pair riveting action with player safety. Head-to-head hits can result in concussions, which, at their baseline, are ...

A large study looking at over 350 former National Football League players found that players with a history of concussions and concussive symptoms had reduced cognitive performances later in life. The ...

If there is one name that today is synonymous with Minnesota sports, it's Joe Mauer. He's the St. Paul kid who struck out just once in his high school baseball career, then turned down a football ...

Most concussions resolve within 2–4 weeks, but 10–30% of patients may experience lingering symptoms. Diagnosis is clinical and may be supported by tools like eye tracking and advanced imaging. Early, ...

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 ...

A concussion is an injury that causes the brain to move suddenly and quickly inside your head. Symptoms can last anywhere from a few days to a few months, depending on the severity of the injury.

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Correspondence to Dr Anna Nordström, Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Sports Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå 901 85, Sweden; anna.nordstrom{at}idrott.umu.se Background Little is ...

Objective: To determine if there is a gender difference in the incidence and outcomes of sport concussion. Design: Critical literature review of sport concussion by gender. Intervention: PubMed and ...