When a college quarterback wearing Riddell’s smart helmet is slammed unusually hard in the head, a coach on the sideline gets an immediate warning. Now, Riddell is upgrading that system to help coaches analyze head-injury trends so they can make smarter decisions about their players and reduce the chance of injury. Riddell introduced the InSite […]
Researchers have published a study which, they say, confirms the presence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, in a living person for the first time. CTE — a degenerative brain disease that is thought to be caused by repeated brain trauma including concussions and sub-concussive hits — can currently only be diagnosed through direct examination […]
In December 2015, Will Smith took to the big screen to play a forensic pathologist who took on the NFL about traumatic brain injuries and subsequent diseases, especially chronic traumatic encephalopathy. At the same time, a product was in development that now is poised to reduce the chance of these brain injuries. That product, ProTech, […]
At a time when concussions are a primary concern for athletes, a host of different companies and researchers are trying to improve their diagnosis. Over the years, there have been a number of tests for diagnosing and managing concussions, including the widely-used SCAT-3, and of course, the NFL’s concussion protocol. But all of these tests have […]
Turn on any high school, college or professional football game and you will see it: helmets crashing into each other and players falling to the ground, slow to get up. There isn’t always blood, but we now know that many of these players are suffering injuries that onlookers can’t always see. Concussions have become nearly […]
