When a recent email prompted me to pick up the phone to talk to one concerned mother, she told me that her son - who had suffered a concussion playing indoor lacrosse, but, seven months later, and after seeing a number of concussion specialists, was still experiencing symptoms - was giving up hope of ever getting better. (MomsTeam.com)
Neurosurgeon and concussion specialist Neilank Jha said the NHL and other professional sports leagues have been mismanaging the problem for years. (ctvnews.ca)
A timed vision test that involves rapidly reading numbers off of cards can be a valuable sideline tool for detecting whether a concussion occurred while playing sports, according to a meta - analysis and systematic review led by NYU Langone Medical Center concussion specialists. (concussionpolicyandthelaw.com)