Watch Jenna Lee talk about Head Injury with Laura Balcer, MD, from NYU.
- Mar 12 2015
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"A vision test absolutely needs to be added," Dr Galetta told Medscape Medical News. "This one has been the most rigorously tested on the sidelines, and it's easy to administer by parents and others."
- Mar 11 2015
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Overall, the King-Devick test had by far the greatest accuracy and lowest risk of false positives. The upshot, Dr. Galetta believes, is that parents and coaches “should absolutely consider” familiarizing themselves with the King-Devick test and administering it to young athletes before the season starts, then having those baseline numbers and the test itself handy on the sidelines.
- Mar 8 2015
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Simple as it may sound, the K-D test actually does a better job of detecting concussions (with a 92 percent success rate) than two better-known methods: a "timed tandem gait test" similar to a walk-the-line test (87 percent), and a cognitive test known as the Standardized Assessment of Concussion (68 percent).
- Mar 6 2015
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“Given that concussions may cause devastating short and long-term cognitive effects, tools like vision testing that can objectively diagnose a concussion are critical,” says Laura Balcer, MD, co-author of the study.
- Mar 5 2015
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“Our findings in children and collegiate athletes show how a simple vision test can aid in diagnosis of concussion at all levels of sport,” says Dr. Galetta, who is also a professor of ophthalmology at NYU Langone. “Adding the King-Devick test to the sideline assessment of student athletes following a head injury can eliminate the guesswork for coaches and parents when deciding whether or not a student should return to play.”
- Feb 10 2015
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But without tell-tale signs, the clinician must turn to concussion detection tools to help guide the decision about returning the athlete back to gameplay.
- Feb 10 2015
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LISTEN: As researchers learn more about the often crippling effects on sports-related concussions, legislators across the country worked to establish protocols and procedures for student athletes. We host Senator Dan Kotowski and Dr. Steve Devick to dig deeper into the issue and what lawmakers and schools can do to address it. Begins at 33:45.
- Jan 28 2015
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Dr. Patrick Kersey, Medical Director for USA Football, couldn't have been more impressed with the implementation process and overall results. "The implementation process was a total breeze," Kersey said. "Very quick and easy to understand and administer, and can be done in almost any environment - optimal for the sports world."
- Jan 28 2015
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"Studies have indicated that the King-Devick test is an effective tool for the real-time evaluation of concussion because it looks at rapid eye movement and attention, both of which are affected by concussions," said Dr. David Dodick, a neurosurgeon and the director of the Mayo Clinic's concussion program in Phoenix.