Despite the bleak reports on concussions to athletes in the media lately, there is good news on the horizon. A new diagnostic tool has been developed by doctors at the University of Pittsburgh Sports Medicine Concussion Program, called ImPACT, or Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing (visit ImPACT here). The program uses computerized tests to measure brain function and appears to be just the thing to overcome subjective (and sometimes uninformed) sideline management of concussions.
Most parents and coaches are probably not aware of this new mechanism for evaluating the effects of concussions -- and that's why I'm writing about it here.
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