Promising news on the concussion front
In another development, one that is especially encouraging for youth sports leagues that can’t afford to have medical personnel on the sidelines for every game, the Mayo Clinic has...
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Pro sports now considering use of King-Devick Test when diagnosing concussions
“Hockey has an additional challenge because one of the things they test for is balance and of course you can't test balance on skates,” said co-creator of the King-Devick...
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Concussions, News, NHL, Video
NHL starts using concussion test Oak Brook entrepreneur invented
Added Ruben Echemendia, co-chair of the NHL/NHLPA concussion subcommittee: “We look forward to examining the results of this pilot project. It is our hope that the addition of the...
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Concussions, Hockey, News, NHL
NFL concussion diagnoses shot up in 2015, but maybe because because players are owning up more
Results from the joint NFL/CFL initiative to beta-test a new sideline concussion-detection screening should be available by late February. So said Jeff Miller, the NFL’s senior VP of health...
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CFL, Concussions, News, NFL
Kids and concussions: UM, Miami-Dade pioneer study of young athletes
“After the series, I got out, looked at the scoreboard and it was kind of blurry,” Decius said. “I started to feel a headache.” Student athletic trainers noticed Decius...
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Concussions, News, Youth Athletes
King-Devick Test and Eye Tech DS to Unveil Vision Tracking Technology at CES 2016
The newly released King-Devick Eye Tracking System provides users with objective, precise and quantifiable eye movement data and graphs by capturing eye movements using the King-Devick Test without the...
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Concussions, News
Heads in the Game: 3 ways UF experts are treating and preventing concussions
Baseline screenings include cognitive and balance tests, as well as a vision measure known as the King-Devick Test — a two-minute challenge during which an athlete is asked to...
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Concussions, NCAA, News
‘Concussion,’ the NFL, and the limits of empathy
The King-Devick test is supposed to be better at determining whether head trauma has occurred. Read the Article
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Concussions, News, NFL
Expert on Cognitive Aspects of Concussion Proposes Compromise on Testing of All Athletes
Recent research suggests that for every sports concussion we know about, five more go undetected, raising the horrifying specter of our young athletes continuing to play with brain injury....
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Concussions, News, Youth Athletes
Concussion Crisis: The Race For A Solution
There is a King-Devick test which has proven effective. A variety of technologies for use in instant detection of impairment on the sidelines have been developed and more are...
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Concussions, News
How a Boy’s Concussion Death Changed British Sports
There, the Howe of Fife Rugby Club has gone further than what the Scotland protocols call for. It has introduced the King-Devick test, an exam given to players to...
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Concussions, News, Rugby, Youth Athletes
New Concussion Test Could Be A Medical Breakthrough
Dr. Richard Besser, “Right now they use a simple test that’s effective. The standard testing requires a medical professional but there’s a simple eye test that many people are...
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Concussions, News
MHSAA Advances Concussion Care Efforts, Announces Preliminary Data
Of 36 schools reporting the most concussions this fall, 11 are part of the MHSAA’s pilot sideline detection programs. Those programs – King-Devick Test – utilize technology to provide...
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Concussions, High School, News
Sideline test takes guesswork out of concussion diagnosis
“For us, the test is quick and objective, and players who might otherwise hide symptoms cannot hide a failed King-Devick test score,” says Kaki Schmidt, hockey parent and Safety/Concussion...
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Concussions, Hockey, News, Youth Athletes
Concussion litigation and struggling alumni, the elephant in the Grey Cup room
That’s not a bad response, and it does highlight some of the good things the CFL is doing. The new King-Devick test (the experimental protocol Orridge mentioned) is promising,...