This course highlights the impact of sports-related concussion on athletes, teaches how to recognize a suspected concussion, and provides protocols to manage a suspected concussion with steps to help players return to play safely after a concussion.  Concussions are in the forefront of awareness in academics, sports and activities.  A concussion is a brain injury that leads to symptoms such as headache, dizziness, and confusion. Concussions happen when someone has a blow to the head, or the head is shaken back and forth with great force. 

This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:

"The timing of return to play is one of the most critical decisions made following ACL reconstruction. Returning too early carries the risk of graft failure, while returning too late could cost patients financial and athletic opportunities. Unfortunately, no universal, objective method exists to determine the best time for athletes to resume full activities. But according to a new study reported in The American Journal of Sports Medicine, such methods could be on the horizon, with the help of MRI technology. One promising marker for estimating the best time for athletes to return to play is ACL graft maturation. That’s the process by which a surgical graft makes the transformation from tendon tissue into a substance similar to a normal ACL. The problem is that this transformation is difficult to track over time. Tissue biopsies are currently the gold standard, but are invasive and, in most cases, impractical to perform..."

The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.

This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:

"A recent study suggests that baseball players with a torn posterior labrum, the back rim on the socket that keeps the shoulder’s ball joint in place, could benefit significantly from arthroscopic surgery. Among 32 young athletes with this injury, more than 90% returned to play, with 61% returning to their previous performance level. Labral tears are common among contact and non-contact athletes alike, with different types of stresses leading to different types of tears. Among football linemen and baseball pitchers, tearing of the posterior labrum is common. Unfortunately, there’s a big disparity in the amount of research dedicated to each type of athlete. While linemen have proven able to return to sport following labral repair, the small amount of available research on baseball players suggests that pitchers won’t necessarily enjoy the same result..."

The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.