Background Concussion is a prominent injury risk in sport, but the mechanisms that cause concussion are unclear. An important debate centres on the roles of angular and linear head acceleration in the ...

Sydney: A laboratory study has found that bicycle helmets certified to Australia's national standard significantly reduce the causes of head, skull and brain injury - linear and angular head ...

The way our head and neck are positioned during a head-on impact may significantly affect the risk of concussion -- but tensed up neck muscles seem to offer far less protection. If you're about to run ...

Researchers used quantitative pupillometry to detect pupillary changes in high-school athletes after they sustained a high-acceleration head impact. These pupillary changes, indicative of changes in ...