Free concussion baseline testing will be offered to student athletes, ages 5 and up, from the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation and UPMC Sports Medicine. The Heads UP Pittsburgh program is a concussion ...

An Orange County sports business says it has made an advancement in detecting one of the most significant injuries suffered by athletes: concussions. Irvine-based MotoAmerica is implementing new ...

An easy, two-minute vision test administered on the sidelines after a young athlete takes a blow to the head can help to reliably determine whether the athlete has sustained a concussion, according to ...

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 ...

BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) — The fun and excitement of Friday night lights is upon us. But a shadow casting over that excitement that’s hard to look past, is the risk for concussions for student-athletes.

A test used to gauge whether a college athlete has suffered a concussion is right only half the time and may be useless, new research finds. The test used by the NCAA, which oversees college sports, ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday announced it cleared the first computer-based tests for measuring cognitive function after a suspected concussion in both adults and children.

When college athletes are evaluated for a possible concussion, the diagnosis is based on an athletic trainer or team physician’s assessment of three things: the player’s symptoms, physical balance and ...

New test to diagnose concussion in older people; New test to diagnose concussion in older people. 01 June 2026 . Researchers at Monash Univers ...

When college athletes are evaluated for a possible concussion, the diagnosis is based on an athletic trainer or team physician's assessment of three things: the player's symptoms, physical balance and ...