Travis Kelce is revisiting a moment he’d like to forget — but didn’t —from Sunday’s game against the Buffalo Bills. The Kansas City Chiefs star, who took a brutal helmet to the chest just before halftime, was evaluated for a concussion, he shared ...

Fall sports season is in full swing, with many students as young as kindergarten participating in high contact sports such as football and soccer. According to the Brain Injury Research Institute, an estimated 1.6 to 3.8 million athletes will suffer a ...

Months after clearing the first computer-based test intended to measure cognitive function after a suspected concussion, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday said it considers such devices to be Class II, or moderate risk devices. In August ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. (WLS) -- A concussion test developed by a suburban company is now being used by several teams in the National Hockey League. In the King-Devick test, athletes read a series of numbers to establish a baseline for how quickly they can do so.

This weekend, some of the fastest motorcycle racers in the country will descend on the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio for the latest round of the MotoAmerica Championship. The motorsports organization has added a new tool to its safety ...

Few moments are as silent as a stadium or racetrack when an athlete is down. When – hopefully – the athlete stands again, the cheers and applause erupt. But that collective celebration can be premature. An apparently unharmed athlete could actually ...

Drake Maye shrugged off a scary third-quarter crash into the turf and made light of a quick concussion check as the New England Patriots rolled to a 31-13 win over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. Maye, the 23-year-old starting quarterback, slammed the back ...

Neck muscles, brain microarchitecture and the menstrual cycle are factors in why the genders suffer and recover from concussion differently