The Concussion Protocol is reviewed each year to ensure players are receiving care that reflects the most up-to-date medical consensus on the identification, diagnosis, and treatment of concussions. Concussion Game Day Checklist When a player receives an impact to the head, the player ...
Safe return to play after protocol-based concussion management by a team therapist: a prospective studyThe Canadian Concussion Collaborative (CCC) is composed of health-related organisations concerned with the recognition, treatment and management of concussion. Its mission is to create synergy between ...
After decades of denying the magnitude of football players’ head injuries and subsequent brain disorders, the NFL has developed stricter standards to help protect players who are hit in the head. Thegame-day concussion protocolwas first released in 2011. The NFL Head, Neck and Spine Committee...
1 Return-to-sport (RTS) decisions are essential for ensuring safety, given that the risk of subsequent concussion is increased if an athlete returns to play prior to full clinical and neurobiological recovery.2,3 Furthermore, early RTS may have negative consequences on long-term neurologic health...
The purpose of this case series is to report how the symptom section of the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 2 (SCAT2) was used to manage athletes with concussions in a high school training room setting and to address the need for SCAT2 baseline measurements. During a 4-month period, 3 do...
Conclusions: SRCs sustained in professional ice hockey are a common in-competition injury, while practices play a subsidiary role. The duration of RTS is highly individual and can be associated with symptoms lasting days to months. Keywords: adult athletes; concussion; head impact; traumatic brain...
Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young has cleared the concussion protocol and is available to play against the Dallas Mavericks.
Context: Implementation of a stepwise return-to-play (RTP) protocol has become the standard management strategy for high school athletes to ensure a safe RTP after concussion. The detailed characteristics of the recovery timeline throughout the steps of an RTP protocol have not been delineated ...
Wallace, Jessica, Tracey Covassin, and Meghan Lafevor (2016) Use of the stepwise progression return-to-play protocol following concussion among practicing athletic trainers. Journal of Sport and Health Science.Wallace, J., Covassin, T., & Lafevor, M....
Wallace, Jessica, Tracey Covassin, and Meghan Lafevor (2016) Use of the stepwise progression return-to-play protocol following concussion among practicing athletic trainers. Journal of Sport and Health Science.Wallace, J., Covassin, T., & Lafevor, M. (2016). Use of the stepwise ...