Video: Potential game-changer for safety of young athletes

Concussions, News, Press, Video

Watch Jenna Lee talk about Head Injury with Laura Balcer, MD, from NYU.

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High schools confront athlete concussions

Concussions, Press, Video, Youth Athletes

Tests administered on the sidelines, such as the King-Devick and the Standardized Assessment of Concussions (SAC), require athletes to quickly read numbers or words, or to recall words. Athletes must equal or better their previous baseline test score in a set amount of time to get back into a game — and that is if they are otherwise asymptomatic. "Kids are still not honest. They want to work through it," Herceg said.

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Florida Bill Protects Student Athletes From Concussions

Concussions, Football, Press, Video

Mary Medina, the school’s head athletic trainer gave him the concussion standard ‘King-Devick’ test. “That is a short 32 second test where they read numbers and Oscar was off by a couple seconds,” said Medina. The test measured his ability to think and respond to a series of questions that he’d already taken in the past. Since he already knew the answers, he shouldn’t have had any difficulty; but that wasn’t the case. “We pulled him!” said Medina.

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Concussion Head Games - Why brain research and baseline testing should inspire a public cry for action

Concussions, Optometry, Press, Video

Specifically, we are recommending that the King-DevickTest be performed by all Doctors who work with children, especially Doctors of Optometry to establish baseline for all patients, especially for young children and teens who are at higher risk.

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Visual tracking problems and silent concussions - WHY parents, the public and Optometrists need to know

Concussions, Optometry, Press, Video

Therefore, knowing that concussions can be identified 100% of the time with the King-Devick Test, here is another question for parents and the public to ask. Why are we not routinely administering the King-Devick Testing on children, 6 years and older, so that their optometric record establishes baseline in saccadic eye movement?

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Mayo Clinic Study Says Eye-Tracking Devices Offer Added Pilot Safety

Hypoxia, Press, Video

In the new study, Mayo Clinic researchers tested the feasibility of using a portable eye-tracking device [King-Devick Test] in a simulated environment as a way to detect the early phases of hypoxia.

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LA Students Undergo 'Baseline' Tests To Measure Concussion Effects

Concussions, Video

About 1,200 students at Loyola High School, including non-athlete students, are being given a series of tests, known as baseline concussion test, designed to measure brain function.

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Staten Island soccer coach keeps kids safe with King-Devick test for concussion (with photos/video)

Balancing fun and competition with safety, Ernest Murdukhayev, a director of SB4U Soccer Academy and the Jewish Community Center programs, is using the King-Devick test to assess the seriousness of any head bangs his players encounter.

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Vision Test Helps With Concussions

Concussions, Press, Video

Researchers found the time to complete the test was longer for 79-percent of players who were later found to have a concussion. When combined with other assessments, the sideline test helped diagnose 100-percent of concussions. Experts say using a vision based test on the sidelines may help detect concussions more quickly ... and keep athletes from getting injured further.

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