Howe of Fife Rugby Club is leading the way in Europe by adding King-Devick Test to the sidelines for player concussion evaluations.
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- Oct 27 2015
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This year's winners were culled from 535 nominations, which were narrowed down by 12 judges to 100 in September and then 10 finalists for the main award and 10 in the Up-and-Comer category, as well as special citations including the 2015 People's Choice Award.
- Oct 24 2015
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The other research will assess the long-term effects of multiple concussions on jockeys and the effectiveness of the King-Devick test, a visual examination that is used to diagnose concussions, on players in the Canadian Football League. The N.F.L. will look at the results of the study in Canada to determine whether to add the test to sideline concussion protocol.
- Oct 10 2015
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An update from Samantha Figueroa of the King-Devick concussion screening test, a rapid eye tracking test was also presented. Expanding on the portability of the King-Devick is now a tablet-based system on the sidelines for players participating in tests, while a mobile APP assists with keeping record of scores.
- Sep 17 2015
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Dr. Oz explains how this at-home concussion test can determine whether players should be removed from games and seek medical help.
- Sep 10 2015
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“Our meta-analysis found that if an athlete had a worsening in their time compared to their baseline reading, they were five times more likely to have sustained a concussion,” Balcer said. “The King-Devick test showed a sensitivity of 86% and specificity of 90% in over 100 patients that had concussion and were formally tested on the sidelines.”
- Sep 8 2015
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The King-Devick test was developed by an optometrist in the Chicago area in the 1970'S and was originally designed to diagnose reading problems with students. But in recent years it has been adopted to diagnose concussions in sports and has received backing of the Mayo Clinic.
- Sep 1 2015
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"When I was in high school, a running back ran a 4.9 40 and I thought he was the fastest guy around but last year at the NFL combine, a 340-pounder ran a 4.9,'' Devick said, shaking his head. "Football's the only sport that the 6-year-olds play on the same size as the pros. The field's the same size and everybody's bigger, faster, stronger. I tell my friends with kids in contact sports, I would do the test on them every night. … And I think we've made a lot of progress.''
- Sep 1 2015
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"It's a number system and basically it's an eye pattern system. Kids follow the numbers and they do a baseline test first of all and then they have to be within one second of their baseline to qualify to stay in a game," said Peter Ryan, the athletic director at the school.
- Aug 19 2015
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“You're not going to put a kid on the field with a sprained ankle when you know that ankle was still sprained and can't move well. Putting them back into an athletic setting when the brain is not ready to go is not going to promote healing whatsoever."