“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.
- Feb 1 2016
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Pro sports now considering use of King-Devick Test when diagnosing concussions
Concussions, NHL, Press, Video
- Nov 2 2015
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Howe of Fife Rugby Club is leading the way in Europe by adding King-Devick Test to the sidelines for player concussion evaluations.
- 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 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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"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 11 2015
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Stampeders head trainer Michael Gudmundson said it’s really beneficial because you can’t really cheat it. “You have this based on score. You either beat it or you don’t beat it,” Gudmundson said. “This is something that could be used in amateur sport because it’s pretty easy. You literally read numbers and there’s a timer,” Gudmundson said.
- Apr 19 2015
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"For every one concussion that you see we identified, there were six concussions that were not seen and were not being reported."
The results took him by surprise. Mr King tested more than 100 Wellington premier rugby and league players over three years using what's called a saccadic reading test, which he calls his number-one tool. Players do a baseline reading pre-season and again after the games.
- Mar 28 2015
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Video: A simple test can be done after a head injury and is a reliable way to quickly diagnose a concussion.
- Mar 17 2015
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“We want to make sure that those communities that have very few resources for sideline detection can get some,” Robert said. “If we can do that for our schools — have a quick way to perform the test and have it interface seamlessly with a report to this office and perfect permanent record — then we have really made a contribution to detection and aftercare of our students.”