Objective To evaluate the responsiveness to change and longitudinal validity of the Post-Concussion Symptom Scale (PCSS) in patients with persistent post-concussive symptoms (PCS). Responsiveness of ...

The tool being used to diagnose concussions might be overestimating the condition and wrongly identifying symptoms like fatigue and neck pain caused from intense exercise and not a brain injury, ...

Objective Determine the role of fluid-based biomarkers, advanced neuroimaging, genetic testing and emerging technologies in defining and assessing neurobiological recovery after sport-related ...

Irritability, headache, nausea, light sensitivity, forgetfulness, insomnia. Ask someone with a concussion about what it feels like, and you are likely to hear some of these descriptors. Vertigo, brain ...

A quick shake of the head after a hard hit could signal that a person has a concussion, a new study suggests, based on the experiences of young athletes. It’s an easily recognizable movement that ...

For over a decade, Ruth has written for multiple outlets providing patient education, including Health. She has written for health student education companies, collaborating on an anatomy textbook ...

Keith Yeates receives funding from Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and has had recent funding from Brain Canada and Alberta Health Services. He also receives an editorial stipend from the ...