Free concussion baseline testing will be offered to student athletes, ages 5 and up, from the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation and UPMC Sports Medicine. The Heads UP Pittsburgh program is a concussion ...

Concussions can occur in many different ways, but they are more likely to occur when playing fast-paced team sports like Australian football, rugby, netball, hockey and soccer. Unlike many other ...

Fall sports season is in full swing, with many students as young as kindergarten participating in high contact sports such as football and soccer. According to the Brain Injury Research Institute, an ...

1 Department of Community Health and Family Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA 2 Department of Neurology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA 3 Department of ...

One of the first things former Quince Orchard High School girls soccer standout Kayla Clarke did as a new member of the University of Maryland women's soccer team three years ago was undergo baseline ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — It was go time. The Clayton Greyhounds and the Ladue Rams were in the regional soccer playoffs, and the neighboring high school rivals were competing hard for bragging rights. Clayton ...

Background Concussion baseline testing has drawn criticism regarding its clinical utility in the community setting. Recent studies have suggested that baseline testing may have additional advantages, ...

(AP) NASCAR will require baseline concussion testing for its drivers starting next season. NASCAR had only recommended the testing this season, but indicated to drivers that a preseason baseline ...