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BrainScope Research Tool Shows Concussion Effects Linger
Our friends at MedGadget review the findings of research that focuses on the use of the Brainscope to determing the lingering effects of a concussion.
This article originally appeared on MedGadget.
It's an August tradition: Football training camps open, and we're treated to warnings about working out in the heat.
In the past few years, however, when it comes to football, there's been a new emphasis on traumatic brain injury -- TBI. This has caught our eyes here at MedGadget.
We've covered innovative impact-sensing helmet technology before (as well as smart helmets for temperature monitoring).
But for the athlete with a concussion, what happens off the field? Unless a neurologist is involved, it's up to the players and trainers to follow guidelines or make guesses about when to return to play.
Hopefully that will change, and a device like BrainScope will lead the way. When we first covered BrainScope, they were positioning their new device, based on controversial technology, as a sideline decision-making aide. Now their research seems to be focused on the weeks and months post-concussion:
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