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, ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Clinicians have needed a test to objectively assess patients with concussion, said Abbott’s diagnostics business medical director Dr Beth McQuiston, pointing out that many other diseases or ...