Reston Hockey Club Targets Concussion Prevention
Injury liaisons such as Shaman do not need medical training to perform a series of simple assessments to check if a player may be suffering a concussion, Schmidt said....
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Vision-based test accurate and easy for concussion screening
“More than 50 percent of brain pathways are responsible for controlling eye movement, so injuries to the brain almost universally affect eye movement,” said Dr. David Dodick of the...
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Concussions, News, Youth Athletes
Concussion Awareness Impacting Youth Levels
Chasan’s team has provided the league with the King-Devick Test, a reading assessment tool that they’ve taught the coaches to use. Essentially, the King-Devick tool allows the coaches to...
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Concussions, News, Youth Athletes
Ongoing Evolution: Understanding Concussion’s Effects
Some surveys suggest there are 10-times as many concussions that are undetected than are detected. Along a similar line, Doug King, MD, and colleagues, wrote a recent paper showing...
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Concussions, News
Vision-based testing vital for concussion screening
Dr. Leong called a recent article published in The Lancet Neurology a must-read. "It highlights the important role of optometry, saying that vision-based testing is vital in managing all...
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Concussions, News, Optometry
Simple reading test could help detect concussion
A simple reading test could help establish whether a rider has concussion, according to researchers. A timed vision test — known as the King- Devick Test — involves athletes...
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Concussions, Equestrian, News
Florida Bill Protects Student Athletes From Concussions
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...
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Concussions, Football, News, VideoSideline concussiontesting being implemented by Lincoln County R-III
The King-Devick is a simple test that can be administered on the sidelines in less than two minutes, explains Troy Buchanan Principal Dr. Jerry Raines “It’s a very fast,...
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Concussions, News
Concussion Head Games – Why brain research and baseline testing should inspire a public cry for action
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...
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Concussions, News, Optometry, Video
Visual tracking problems and silent concussions – WHY parents, the public and Optometrists need to know
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...
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Concussions, News, Optometry, Video
Pop Warner Arizona partners with Mayo Clinic on tackling concussions
Participants will take the King-Devick Test, which provides an objective measure of reaction time, eye movement and mental clarity. Read The Article
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Concussions, Football, News, Pop Warner
A Better Test for Evaluating Sports Concussion on the Sideline?
The King-Devick test may be a more objective and accurate method for sideline evaluation of sports-related concussion than the Standardized Concussion Assessment Tool 3 (SCAT3), which is the current...
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Concussions, News, Research
Mayo Clinic Study Says Eye-Tracking Devices Offer Added Pilot Safety
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...
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Hypoxia, News, Video
UF Helps Improve Subtle Concussion Diagnosis
In an article published this month in the journal “Neurology: Clinical Practice,” the researchers report that adding one simple vision test detected 100 percent of concussions that occurred during...
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Concussions, News
Simple test helps doctors catch more concussions on the field
“This is the first study that has shown that adding a vision test helps to identify more athletes with concussion and shows the vision-based King-Devick test is very effective...
