The NFL’s concussion protocol is a robust safeguard to help protect players from the long-term effects of head trauma. Through its five-step return process, independent oversight and mandatory monitoring, the league strives to ensure athlete health comes before schedule and competition.

New imaging data suggest prior concussion alters cortical microstructure and surface area in young athletes, highlighting early neurotrauma effects in contact sports.

Concussion research in the context of para sports is an emerging field that seeks to address the complexities involved in understanding and managing head

Florida A&M linebacker Nay'Ron Jenkins is recovering after suffering a concussion during a game. Jenkins left the field on a cart after a tackle in the fourth quarter against Alcorn State. He is currently in concussion protocol, and his return to play is ...

The NFL concussion protocol only has five steps, while the NCAA's has six. Really though the NFL's final stage is full football activity and clearance, which is what the NCAA has, but the NCAA just splits it into two steps instead of one combined one, so the policies really are the same, including the same general terms for each stage.

TUCSON, Ariz. — Corina Gallardo was a straight-A student through junior high. But by her freshman year, she couldn’t focus for long and her grades suffered. “I was always tired, I was always sleeping and I had headaches,” she said. “And every ...

Concussions among high school athletes occur across a wide range of contact and limited-contact or noncontact sports, a study published online October 14 in Pediatrics has shown. Most of the injuries were the result of contact with another person.