While many people can recognize a concussion when they see it, it can actually be a challenge to define exactly. That’s partially because a concussion is another name for a “mild” traumatic brain ...

This article investigates the causes, treatments, and diagnosis of concussion. Concussion is also known as mild brain injury, mild traumatic brain injury, mild head injury, and minor head trauma. In ...

7 Australian Centre for Research into Injury in Sport and its Prevention (ACRISP), Federation University, Ballarat, Australia Concussion is the number one injury risk in contact and collision sports.

Objective Athletes´ concussion knowledge is not optimal which may contribute to underreporting. In our 2018 study of 508 female athletes (age = 26.9, SD = 7.1, 34.5% retired) (Kristjánsdóttir et al., ...

Much has been written in recent years about the short- and long-term consequences of concussions sustained in sports, combat, and accidents. However, there appear to be no steadfast rules guiding the ...

Post-concussion syndrome (PCS), or post-concussive syndrome, refers to the lingering symptoms following a concussion or a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). This condition is typically diagnosed when ...

Athletes do not have the same understanding of a concussion and its effects as the formally accepted medical definition of the condition, study results showed. “This study indicates that researchers ...

As I entered the unknown land of brain injury, I noticed failure abounded. Here, a man tried to resume work when rehab said he'd met his goals and quickly had to quit. There, a woman struggled ...

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, May 2, 2011) -- The Army issued new guidance April 29 that clarifies how Soldiers who've suffered concussive injuries as the result of enemy action might be eligible for ...

As I entered the unknown land of brain injury, I noticed failure abounded. Here, a man tried to resume work when rehab said he'd met his goals and quickly had to quit. There, a woman struggled ...