Minnesota hockey coaches and officials say temporary rules adopted to make the youth game safer do more good than harm and should be made permanent. Minnesota Hockey introduced tougher penalties for dangerous hits after Benilde-St. Margaret’s player Jack Jablonski became …
Concussions can occur in sports and in combat, but health experts do not know precisely which jolts, collisions and awkward head movements during these activities pose the greatest risks to the brain. To find out, Johns Hopkins engineers have developed …
Sports-related concussion is an increasingly recognized public health problem. At least 1.6 million sports- and recreation-related traumatic brain injuries occur in the United States annually. While the primary focus has been on football, soccer has come under greater scrutiny. “Heading” …