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Imagine that you are the parent of an 11-year-old soccer player who dreams of competing in the Women’s World Cup one day. You want to support her love for the sport while keeping her safe from harm.

Concussion and traumatic brain injury are ever-present topics among American parents and coaches of young athletes today. So the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recent issuing of clinical ...

American athletic trainers are getting behind guidelines that could allow students who sustain a concussion to return to class and physical activity sooner. A statement published Tuesday in the ...

Concussion and traumatic brain injury are ever-present topics among American parents and coaches of young athletes today. So the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent issuing of clinical ...

The American Academy of Neurology, in its first new guidelines for concussion management in sports since 1997, recommended Monday that any athlete with a suspected concussion be removed from play ...

BUFFALO – Prolonged rest is not ideal when it comes to treating concussion, and in fact, those who are active faster, appear to get better faster. This is an idea that John Leddy, MD, director of the ...

The AFL has released its updated guidelines for the management of concussion in Australian football at all levels of the game outside of the AFL and AFLW competitions for 2021. In considering the best ...

Definition, evaluation and management of concussion are contentious issues in sports medicine, and evidence-based guidelines on these issues are urgently needed. An updated practice parameter on sport ...

Melinda Roalstad remembers struggling with the answer to a mother's question. It was 2003, and Roalstad was the medical director for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association. A 19-year-old Nordic ...