Quanterix has made a potentially revolutionary improvement in concussion diagnosis. In July, Quanterix was recognized as the final winner of the GE and NFL’s Head Health Challenge I. Quanterix was one of sixteen winners—out of over four-hundred entrants—in phase one of the challenge. As the final winner of phase two of the challenge, Quanterix was […]
“In my opinion, this is the biggest thing for sports medicine that has come out.” This quote was uttered by Dr. Javier Cardenas regarding the new medical timeout rule that the NFL has instituted. Cardenas is a doctor at the Barrow Neurological Institute and is an independent neurological consultant for the Arizona Cardinals at their […]
489. That’s the number of National Football League players diagnosed with concussions in preseason and regular-season games in 2012 and 2013. These sobering numbers have accounted for too many life-threatening, and sometimes life-ending issues. The NFL now has a Head, Neck and Spine Committee, which came up with a Sideline Concussion Assessment Tool that must […]
The NFL is taking initiative to protect players from head injuries. At the forefront of this initiative is technology. The Head Health Challenge was created to find innovative ways to promote head safety and reduce brain trauma among athletes, members of the armed forces and all of society. Teaming up with Under Armour and General […]
Force Impact Technologies, a company that looks to integrate technology into sporting equipment to increase detection of potential injuries, recently launched its first product, the FITGuard. The FITGuard is a mouthguard that aims to solve the problem with athletes returning to play too soon after a possible head injury. The FITGuard utilizes various sensors to […]
