The field is changing quickly. New diagnostic criteria, a new severity framework, a first concussion rehabilitation accreditation. We write about what those changes mean for the clinics, schools and athletic programs that have to put them into practice.
Apply 17 published definitions to the same 11,907 children and anywhere from 7 to 99 percent of them have a mild TBI. The 2023 criteria were written to end that, and they ask for specific things in the chart.
Read the postThe label comes from a coma scale scored in the first hours. A new NIH-NINDS framework proposes retiring it, and the recovery data explain why.
Read the postPreseason baselines are useful, within limits. What the SCAT6's authors say about them, how much a symptom score drifts on its own, and why change is read in points.
Read the postMost concussion care ends when the patient leaves the room. New national numbers show how many people never get care at all, and what a clinic can actually do about the weeks in between.
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