“Our research last year, conducted in concert with the National Football League, showed promising results and that has led the medical staffs from our clubs to conclude that the K-D test is a viable tool and worth implementing across the CFL,” said Kevin McDonald, Vice-President of Football Operations and Player Safety for the CFL.
- Apr 28 2016
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New Canadian Football League player health and safety measures for 2016 season
CFL, Concussions, News, Press
- Apr 22 2016
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“There is no substitute for a parent’s judgment, or anyone’s judgment, that a child should come out of a game,” she says. “The KD test is helpful when there’s ambiguity. But there is no be-all and end-all test for concussion.”
- Mar 30 2016
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“They’re willing to accept a more quantitative test, as opposed to me just saying their balance is off, their speech is off—all the things I could say,” Dorothy Jamison, Athletic Trainer, explained. “This is a nice thing that’s quantitative enough for them to see that, ‘Yes, my child has a concussion’, and the next step is to take them to the doctor.”
- Mar 18 2016
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EyeTech partnered with the makers of the K-D test this year, enabling clinicians to monitor and measure an athlete's eye movement while taking the test.
- Mar 1 2016
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In another development, one that is especially encouraging for youth sports leagues that can’t afford to have medical personnel on the sidelines for every game, the Mayo Clinic has endorsed the King-Devick sideline concussion test and will help promote it to youth coaches, parents and athletes.
- Feb 1 2016
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Pro sports now considering use of King-Devick Test when diagnosing concussions
Concussions, NHL, Press, Video
“Hockey has an additional challenge because one of the things they test for is balance and of course you can't test balance on skates,” said co-creator of the King-Devick Test Steve Devick.
- Jan 29 2016
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Added Ruben Echemendia, co-chair of the NHL/NHLPA concussion subcommittee: "We look forward to examining the results of this pilot project. It is our hope that the addition of the King-Devick Test will increase our ability to more accurately diagnose concussions in NHL players."
- Jan 29 2016
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NFL concussion diagnoses shot up in 2015, but maybe because because players are owning up more
CFL, Concussions, NFL, Press
Results from the joint NFL/CFL initiative to beta-test a new sideline concussion-detection screening should be available by late February. So said Jeff Miller, the NFL’s senior VP of health and safety policy, on a Friday conference call. The CFL is sharing results of these “King-Devick” tests with the NFL, and the four-down league is helping to fund analysis to determine whether the tests improve the ability to diagnose concussions.
- Jan 17 2016
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“After the series, I got out, looked at the scoreboard and it was kind of blurry,” Decius said. “I started to feel a headache.” Student athletic trainers noticed Decius acting confused as he took a breather. They told trainer Rheisa Burke, who gave Decius a quick head trauma evaluation on her iPad called the King-Devick test.
- Jan 7 2016
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The newly released King-Devick Eye Tracking System provides users with objective, precise and quantifiable eye movement data and graphs by capturing eye movements using the King-Devick Test without the use of goggles, chin rest or bite bar. The King-Devick Eye Tracking System will include a proprietary software package allowing real-time, automated data measurement and output the following oculometrics and visual diagrams: fixations, saccades, blinks and pupillary dynamics. The objectivity of the King-Devick Test software with eye tracking technology gives users the ability to graph eye movement data for comparison, follow-up and progress monitoring.