Background Concussion baseline testing has drawn criticism regarding its clinical utility in the community setting. Recent studies have suggested that baseline testing may have additional advantages, ...

Now, for the first time ever, the FDA has approved a new type of blood test that can detect a concussion with incredible accuracy, and faster than ever before. The test looks for elevated levels ...

AT’s administered the KD test to hockey players immediately after removal from the game with a suspected concussion. Main outcome measures KD time post-injury was compared to the KD time baseline.

The i-STAT Alinity test can detect two proteins released into the blood when someone suffers a concussion and, per statistics from its developer Abbott, has a 95.6 percent rate of ruling out ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. “This is going to change the testing paradigm for suspected cases of concussion,” Tara Rabin, a spokesperson for the FDA, tells The New York ...

Francis, a 20- to 30-minute test administered with a computer comes up with a baseline measure by assessing memory, brain processing speed and reaction time. Then, if a concussion is suspected to ...