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Keeping children and teens healthy and safe is always a top priority. Whether you are a parent, youth sports coach, school coach, school professional, or health care provider, this site will help you recognize, respond to, and minimize the risk of concussion or other serious brain injury. To read more about this, click here.
For a look at our latest newsletter, click 1st Quarter – Winter 2022 USBIA Newsletter.
Registration is open for Brain Injury Awareness Day on Capitol Hill! Join United States Brain Injury Alliance advocates from across the country and hear from Congressional Brain Injury Task Force co-chairs Reps. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-N.J.) and Don Bacon (R-Neb.). This is a virtual public policy briefing in honor of March, Brain Injury Awareness Month.
MNBIA Virtual BI Educational Seminar on April 14, 2022 • 12pm-1:30pm CST • Via Zoom Please read this flyer for more information: MNBIA Conference Announcement
To read our 2021 Year in Review newsletter, please click here: 2021 Annual Review.
Abstract: To reduce the risk of concussion in youth ice hockey, Hockey Canada implemented a national “zero tolerance for head contact” (HC) policy in 2011. A previous cohort study revealed higher concussion rates after this implementation in players aged 11 to 14 years. However, it is unknown whether the elevated risk was due to higher
Abstract: Repeated head impacts sustained by athletes have been linked to short-term neurophysiologic deficits; thus, there is growing concern about the number of head impacts sustained in sports. Accurate head impact exposure data obtained via head impact sensors may help identify appropriate strategies across sports and between genders to mitigate repetitive head impacts. To read
To read our first newsletter of 2021, please click the link below! USBIA Winter 2021
Abstract – Scott Ramsay, RN, BSN and Susan Dahinten, PhD, RN, MBA Introduction Sports-related concussions in children and youth are a significant health concern. There is increasing literature pertaining to levels of knowledge about concussion and the effects of educational interventions, but the literature has not yet been synthesized for the subpopulation of children and
StopCTE.org created this form to provide a useful tool to help people potentially suffering from brain injury/disease and their family, navigate a visit to their healthcare provider. The goal is to provide timely information, and to make that visit as productive and helpful as possible. CTE Healthcare Navigation Form