Committee on Sports-Related Concussions in Youth - Institute of Medicine

The Institute of Medicine - a research arm of the National Academy of Sciences - has announced a new study: Committee on Sports-Related Concussions in Youth - Institute of Medicine: "An IOM committee will conduct a study on sports-related concussions in youth, from elementary school through young adulthood, including military personnel and their dependents. The committee will review the available literature on concussions, in the context of developmental neurobiology, in terms of their causes, relationships to hits to the head or body during sports, and the effectiveness of protective devices and equipment. The committee will also review concussion risk factors, screening and diagnosis, treatment and management, and long-term consequences.

Dates and agendas for future open sessions of the committee will be posted on the IOM project's web page. You can sign up for the project list serv.  The Committee on Sports-Related Concussions in Youth's first meeting
was January 7, 2013.
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