Another reason Illinois could be more vulnerable to litigation than other states is that the state law gives the high school association, a nonprofit organization, the task of developing a concussion protocol.
The N.F.L. heard several hours' worth of strategies not just to develop a concussion-relevant standard, but also to improve helmet performance and promote research.
Second Place ($5,000): Averia has developed a device for concussion screening that is accessible and affordable for youth and high school athletic programs.
After his brother suffered a misdiagnosed concussion, Suri decided to develop an improved concussion test.
It is well established, however, that a subset develops a post-concussion syndrome or PPCS [2].
In December 2012, she suffered a concussion and shortly afterward developed a blood clot.
We have developed a new model of spinal cord concussion focusing on the anatomical and behavioral outcomes of single and repeated injury.
Rowson and Duma 31 later developed a new metric, the Combined Probability of Concussion (CPC), which combines the peak resultant linear and angular acceleration from a database of no-injury and concussion head impacts recorded using instrumented helmets.
But experts suspect that Ferrara, who sustained several concussions as a player himself, has developed a radically effective design.
Xenith, a startup company based in Lowell, MA, has developed a new football helmet to better protect athletes from concussions.
Ms. Walters's health became a national story this year after she suffered a concussion in Washington and developed an infection that turned out to be chicken pox.
