
Parents are constantly asking me how to evaluate kids on the sidelines for concussions. So, I want to share with our readers the most updated concussion assessment tool, the SCAT3.
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Parents are constantly asking me how to evaluate kids on the sidelines for concussions. So, I want to share with our readers the most updated concussion assessment tool, the SCAT3.
Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Bernie Kosar recently announced that he’s been cured of many of his symptoms caused by repeated blows to the head after being cared for by a Florida clinic. Dr. Joe Congeni, director of sports medicine at Akron Children’s Hospital, discusses the treatment of brain injuries in relation to Kosar’s announcement. [Originally aired [...]

Any parent who has raised a child to adulthood knows the teenage brain is, well, different. This anecdotal evidence continues to be backed by research, including a recent study that shows teens are more vulnerable to the long-term effects of head injury. The study findings, published in the journal Brain Injury, followed 96 male athletes [...]

During the 2011 TV campaign, we’ve turned the camera on our doctors, so you can see what drives them. One of these doctors is Joe Congeni. He is the director of our sports medicine program and a national expert on concussions. As the first pediatric sports medicine program in Ohio, the experts at Akron Children’s [...]
It only took seconds for a sharply-batted softball to hit Abby Wallbrown in the head, but her recovery took months, much of it spent searching for help with the symptoms she faced. She was joined on her journey by her brother Luke, who was injured in an ATV crash only weeks later. In this video, [...]