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Lindsey Straus
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What's New, Top Stories, Prevention & Risk Reduction, Effects of Concussion and Repetitive Head Impacts
August 22, 2018
- 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.
Impact Sensors: A Missing Piece of Head Injury Programs
If there has been one area in which I have devoted more of my energy and passion as a youth sports safety expert and Executive Director of MomsTEAM/SmartTeams for the
Brooke de Lench
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What's New, Effects of Concussion and Repetitive Head Impacts, Blogs
September 6, 2017
- 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.
CTE: Is the Media Scaring Athletes to Death?
As someone who has been educating sports parents about head trauma in sports for the past nineteen years, and about the very real risk to some athletes of chronic traumatic
Rosemarie Scolaro Moser, Ph. D.
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Identification & Diagnosis
July 25, 2017
- Rosemarie Scolaro Moser, Ph. D.
Author: Rosemarie Scolaro Moser, PhD, ABN, ABPP-RP is a practicing neuropsychologist and director of the Sports Concussion Center of New Jersey, and currently serves on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Expert Panel on Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Dr. Moser is an active scientific researcher and author of Ahead of the Game: The Parents’ Guide to Youth Sports Concussion (Dartmouth College Press).
Concussion Risk During Summer Sports: Extra Vigilance By Parents Required
For an increasing number of kids these days playing sports doesn’t end with the school year. If anything, the competitive intensity of the all-star, tournament, travel ball, showcases, and sports
Lindsey Straus
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What's New, Prevention & Risk Reduction
November 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.
Inadequate Helmet Fit Increases Concussion Severity In High School Football Players
High school football players who sustain concussions while wearing improperly fitted helmets are at higher risk of experiencing more symptoms and taking longer to recover than those who are concussed
Brooke de Lench
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Press Releases
October 6, 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.
SmartTeams™ Website Offers Innovative Way to Increase Athletes’ Concussion Reporting
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Concord, MA. September 13, 2016. Just in time for the fall sports season, MomsTEAM Institute, a leading child protection in sports education and advocacy non-profit, has launched
Lindsey Straus
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Top Stories, Prevention & Risk Reduction
May 27, 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.
Helmetless Tackling and Blocking Drills Lead to Decreased Head Impacts in College Football Players
Engaging in a 5-minute helmetless tackling drill twice a week during pre-season football and once a week during the season reduced by almost a third the frequency of impacts to
