PITTSBURGH — 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 ...

Baseline testing can also help health care providers identify athletes who have higher chances of getting a concussion. In doing so, health care providers can help athletes and their coaches create ...

1 Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA 2 Department of Neurology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA 3 Department of ...

Curtin University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Concussions can occur in many different ways, but they are more likely to occur when playing fast-paced team sports like ...

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 ...

Dr. Melissa Womble, Director of the Inova Concussion Program speaks at a news conference at Loudoun County High School on Sept. 7. (WTOP/Neal Augenstein) Every high school athlete in Loudoun County ...

Inova will provide 14,000 Loudoun County Public Schools high school athletes with a free baseline concussion test for the 2023-2024 school year, the health system and school system said Thursday. The ...

Faculty and student researchers in the University of Delaware’s Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology (KAAP) have been working with the UD Athletic Department to conduct concussion baseline ...