John J. Leddy, MD, (left) is clinical professor of orthopaedics and director of the Concussion Management and Research Center ...

Baseline testing is a pre-season, proactive assessment that measures things like memory, reaction time and processing speed before an injury happens.

Concussions aren’t just sports injuries. Doctors say falls can leave young kids with hidden symptoms that linger if not ...

More than 300,000 children under age 5 visit emergency rooms annually in the United States for concussions, with new research ...

Study finds one in four kids under 6 develop prolonged symptoms after head injuries.

When most people think of concussion, the first type of patient that comes to mind is a youth athlete. However, concussion is also common in early childhood, largely due to kids' naturally exploratory ...

Dr. Sarah Alander is a Mercy Clinic pediatric emergency medicine physician with Mercy Children's Hospital. High school sports season can be a busy time with on-field injuries such as broken bones, ...

Danielle Guillama, 16, is checked for signs of a concussion after a hit to the head during a basketball game at Miami Palmetto High. Athletic trainer intern John Barrass, 21, concluded Guillama had a ...

A couple of weeks ago, eight-year-old Liam Ramsay-Leavitt of Martinez, Calif., was swinging on the monkey bars at school. "And then I just fell on my side," he says. "I was kind of dizzy and I had an ...