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.
- Jan 7 2016
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Baseline screenings include cognitive and balance tests, as well as a vision measure known as the King-Devick Test — a two-minute challenge during which an athlete is asked to read single-digit numbers on cards or an electronic device. After a hit or suspected concussion, the athlete retakes the test. If he or she takes longer than their baseline, the athlete is removed from play for further evaluation. UF was one of the first schools to implement the King-Devick Test as part of the concussion-management program.
- Dec 30 2015
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The King-Devick test is supposed to be better at determining whether head trauma has occurred.
- Dec 23 2015
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Recent research suggests that for every sports concussion we know about, five more go undetected, raising the horrifying specter of our young athletes continuing to play with brain injury. Using simple reading tests such as King-Devick, and other cheap instruments we can detect the majority of these potentially horrendous injuries. The key is baseline testing of not just those who receive injuries, but all athletes before, and then during the season, with traditional follow-up when indicated.