DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Oct. 24, 2013) — NASCAR announced today that beginning in 2014, the sanctioning body will mandate pre-season neurocognitive baseline testing as part of its comprehensive ...

A highly regarded sports medicine program in place at Maryland Jockey Club tracks may serve as an example of what can be accomplished at other North American tracks in terms of rider safety, ...

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is taking new steps to protect troops' brain health, including mandating baseline cognitive tests for all new recruits starting next year to make it easier to diagnose ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Eighteen football players focused on the test before them. The room was silent, like during a standardized test, except this test wasn't about selecting an answer by filling in a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Concussions can occur in many different ways, but they are more likely to occur when playing fast-paced team sports like Australian football, rugby, netball, hockey and soccer. Unlike many other ...

Preseason neurocognitive tests in young athletes have surprisingly high base rates of failure, according to a large observational study. More than 50% of the nearly 8,000 participants who completed ...