Of 36 schools reporting the most concussions this fall, 11 are part of the MHSAA’s pilot sideline detection programs. Those programs – King-Devick Test – utilize technology to provide on-site testing of athletes who have sustained possible concussions, with results of those examinations then compared against baseline tests taken by athletes previously.
- 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 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."
- Aug 15 2015
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“We are excited to be a part of this,” Yale Athletic Director Maureen Klocke said. “We have had our share of injuries like everyone else. Players are bigger, stronger and faster and like everyone else knows, the sport has changed. It’s not the sport we played 40 years ago. Everything is so much quicker.”
- Aug 4 2015
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Among the 397 students studied, nine were diagnosed with serious concussions and two were not able to return to play during the season. Based on these results the research team determined that the K-D Test is a reliable tool to help trainers and coaches to quickly determine if a player has suffered a concussion.
- Aug 4 2015
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Pete Ryan, a member of the MHSAA Representative Council, was the test subject for the King-Devick Test, which asks athletes to read single-digit numbers on a tablet to detect changes in eye movement, attention, language and concentration after a hit to the head. “It’s not hard,” said Ryan, who played football for Iron Mountain in 1987. “The idea is that ocular relations can determine if there is a concussion. The average baseline time is between 28 and 40 seconds.”
- Aug 4 2015
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“These pilot programs are intended to not only improve what’s actually happening on the sidelines at practices and contests in these communities that are part of the pilot programs, they’re intended to spread the word of the need for improved concussion detection across every community,” MHSAA Executive Director John E. “Jack” Roberts said. “We hope these schools involved will become involved in their leagues and conferences and with their peers across the state as we expand the awareness of the need for better sideline detection and provide ways to get it done.”
- Jul 10 2015
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On the sidelines, the test can identify athletes that not only have suffered a full-blown concussion but sub-concussive brain trauma as well. Thus, the test is an excellent "remove-from-play" tool for trainers, coaches and parents. An effective remove-from-play tool is critical because it can help prevent Second Impact Syndrome, a condition in which a person experiences a second brain injury shortly after the first. Second Impact Syndrome can have devastating effects, including death.