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What's New, Blogs
October 5, 2016
- Kerry Carter
Author: Kerry Carter is head of Business Development for Seattle-based Atavus Football, which provides modern, effective tackling solutions to coaches at all levels of football, from youth to the NFL. After a sterling college career at Stanford, he played four years with the Seattle Seahawks and Washington Redskins and later won two Grey Cups with the CFL's Montreal Alouettes.
To Play Or Not To Play Youth Sports: That Is The Question
For parents like me trying to make sense of today’s youth sports landscape, there is a steady stream of new influences and impacts to consider when signing your child up for
Lindsey Straus
Brooke de Lench
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What's New, Top Stories, Effects of Concussion and Repetitive Head Impacts
September 6, 2016
- Lindsey Straus
Author: Lindsey Straus is an award-winning youth sports journalist, practicing attorney, and has been Senior Editor of SmartTeams since its launch as MomsTEAM in August 2000. She can be reached at lbartonstraus@MomsTEAM.com.
- Brooke de Lench
Author: Executive Director of MomsTEAM Institute, Founder and Publisher, MomsTEAM.com, Producer of The Smartest Team: Making High School Football Safer. Follow Brooke on Twitter @brookedelench. Email her at delench@MomsTEAM.com.
Sports Concussion Research, CTE, and the Media: Can The Disconnect Ever Be Repaired?
NEWLY UPDATED The public’s perception that a direct causal link exists between repetitive head contact and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is largely the result of one-sided, sensationalized, and biased reporting, argue four
Brooke de Lench
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What's New, Top Stories, Blogs
September 3, 2016
- Brooke de Lench
Author: Executive Director of MomsTEAM Institute, Founder and Publisher, MomsTEAM.com, Producer of The Smartest Team: Making High School Football Safer. Follow Brooke on Twitter @brookedelench. Email her at delench@MomsTEAM.com.
“Back in the Game”: A Concussion Book That Stands Out In Crowded Field
While the pile of concussion books in my office continues to grow taller, seemingly with every passing day, one that will stay at the top of the very short
Lindsey Straus
Brooke de Lench
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What's New, Top Stories, Identification & Diagnosis
August 30, 2016
- Lindsey Straus
Author: Lindsey Straus is an award-winning youth sports journalist, practicing attorney, and has been Senior Editor of SmartTeams since its launch as MomsTEAM in August 2000. She can be reached at lbartonstraus@MomsTEAM.com.
- Brooke de Lench
Author: Executive Director of MomsTEAM Institute, Founder and Publisher, MomsTEAM.com, Producer of The Smartest Team: Making High School Football Safer. Follow Brooke on Twitter @brookedelench. Email her at delench@MomsTEAM.com.
Playing With Concussion Doubles Recovery Time For High School Athletes
High school athletes who continue to play with a sport-related concussion (SRC) take nearly twice as long to be cleared for a full return to sports than those who are
Lindsey Straus
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What's New, Top Stories, Prevention & Risk Reduction, Effects of Concussion and Repetitive Head Impacts
August 24, 2016
- Lindsey Straus
Author: Lindsey Straus is an award-winning youth sports journalist, practicing attorney, and has been Senior Editor of SmartTeams since its launch as MomsTEAM in August 2000. She can be reached at lbartonstraus@MomsTEAM.com.
Most States Now Limit Number And Duration Of Full-Contact Practices in High School Football
Responding to concerns about the effect of repetitive head impacts in football, forty-six of fifty state high school athletic associations will begin the 2016 season with limits on full-contact practices in
Lindsey Straus
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What's New, Effects of Concussion and Repetitive Head Impacts
August 21, 2016
- Lindsey Straus
Author: Lindsey Straus is an award-winning youth sports journalist, practicing attorney, and has been Senior Editor of SmartTeams since its launch as MomsTEAM in August 2000. She can be reached at lbartonstraus@MomsTEAM.com.
Study of Elite UK Soccer Players Finds No Significant Structural Damage Or Neuropsychological Changes From Heading During First 5 Years Of Pro Career
A new study reports no significant neurological, structural brain imaging or neuropsychological change among a sample of young elite professional soccer players in the United Kingdom over the first 5 years of
Lindsey Straus
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What's New, Identification & Diagnosis
August 21, 2016
- Lindsey Straus
Author: Lindsey Straus is an award-winning youth sports journalist, practicing attorney, and has been Senior Editor of SmartTeams since its launch as MomsTEAM in August 2000. She can be reached at lbartonstraus@MomsTEAM.com.
Study Confirms Practice Effect for King-Devick Test, Finds Both Age and Sex Influence Time To Completion
A new study has identified a substantial practice effect among a population of healthy young athletes taking the King-Devick (KD) test, a concussion screening tool used to by medical professionals
Lindsey Straus
Brooke de Lench
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What's New, Top Stories, Identification & Diagnosis
August 15, 2016
- Lindsey Straus
Author: Lindsey Straus is an award-winning youth sports journalist, practicing attorney, and has been Senior Editor of SmartTeams since its launch as MomsTEAM in August 2000. She can be reached at lbartonstraus@MomsTEAM.com.
- Brooke de Lench
Author: Executive Director of MomsTEAM Institute, Founder and Publisher, MomsTEAM.com, Producer of The Smartest Team: Making High School Football Safer. Follow Brooke on Twitter @brookedelench. Email her at delench@MomsTEAM.com.
New Research Questions Accuracy Of King Devick Test As Sideline Concussion Screening Tool
A new research paper has raised concerns about the accuracy of a vision test as a rapid sideline screen for concussion in high school athletes. (1) The research, presented as
Lindsey Straus
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What's New, Top Stories, Prevention & Risk Reduction, Identification & Diagnosis
August 9, 2016
- Lindsey Straus
Author: Lindsey Straus is an award-winning youth sports journalist, practicing attorney, and has been Senior Editor of SmartTeams since its launch as MomsTEAM in August 2000. She can be reached at lbartonstraus@MomsTEAM.com.
Overcoming The Culture Of Resistance To Concussion Symptom Reporting Will Take A Team Effort
In the sixteen years I have been writing about and reporting on sports-related concussions, there have been enormous scientific advances in our understanding of the injury, in how it is managed
Johna Register-Mihalik, Ph. D.
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What's New, Top Stories, Identification & Diagnosis
August 9, 2016
- Johna Register-Mihalik, Ph. D.
Author: Johna Register-Mihalik is an assistant professor in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at UNC-Chapel Hill and a Research Scientist at the Matthew Gfeller Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center and the Injury Prevention Research Center at UNC-CH.
Teach Athletes That Coming Out of Game Because Of Concussion Symptoms A Sign of Strength Not Weakness
The culture of sport and issues related to concussion are complex and multifaceted. As a result, addressing these complexities requires an approach that involves stakeholders at all levels of society,
