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A new study may offer reassuring news for parents whose children have a history of concussion, but want to get back to playing sports. Researchers spent more than a decade scouting fields, rinks and ...

Growing research suggests that female athletes can be more vulnerable to concussions than their male counterparts ...

Every time a new concussion tool in the NFL catches the attention of the national public, it also catches the eye of sports medicine professionals who study said tool's effects on health and safety.

Each year, about two million children, many while playing organized sports, suffer concussions. But, according to concussions researcher Jaclyn Stephens, an occupational therapist and associate ...

Chapel Hill Middle School eighth-grader Kennedy Rogers shows her first place award for her project on sports concussions during the Georgia Science and Engineering Fair earlier this year.

SDG 3 - Good health & wellbeing. This Scientific Reports Collection welcomes original research on Head injuries and concussions in sports. Narrative review articles are also welcomed, to our sister ...

Concussion protocols are routine in elite sport, but new research from Federation University is examining whether that message is reaching community clubs and schools. Sport scientist and concussion ...

This file photo shows members of the Jefferson High School football team in Lafayette, Indiana, who were monitored during practice for research to learn how impacts to the head affect brain function. ...

Conrad Smith, the head of the International Rugby Players’ Association, says the clampdown on high tackles has made “little material difference” on the concussion rate in elite rugby. World Rugby will ...

Today there's definitely a spotlight on concussions in sports particularly in NFL football players. However, the key medical point to be made is that it's not just concussions that are a risk factor ...