The baseline test measures several nervous system functions including balance, oculomotor-motor function, and cognitive performance. Typically, baseline tests are administered via a computerized ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Eighteen football players focused on the test before them. The room was silent, like during a standardized test, except this test wasn't about selecting an answer by filling in a ...

Late last summer, Penguins goalie Matt Murray went through the tests to determine his cognitive baseline. In a room with a trained clinician, Murray paired shapes, numbers and images on a computer ...

Cathy Nutbrown was the author of the 2012 Nutbrown Review into early education and childcare qualifications for the government. She has previously received funding from the Economic and Social ...

Finally concussions, and Dr. Bennet Omalu’s battle to uncover the risks of repetitive head trauma, are getting the attention they deserve. The movie Concussion starring Will Smith will undoubtably ...

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is taking new steps to protect troops' brain health, including mandating baseline cognitive tests for all new recruits starting next year to make it easier to diagnose ...

Robbie Del Castillo, 21, suffered his first concussion while playing lacrosse during his senior year of high school. In the past year, he's had three more. Del Castillo has never taken a baseline ...

Curtin University provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Concussions can occur in many different ways, but they are more likely to occur when playing fast-paced team sports like ...

Free concussion baseline testing will be offered to student athletes, ages 5 and up, from the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation and UPMC Sports Medicine. The Heads UP Pittsburgh program is a concussion ...