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MEDICAL: CONDITIONS: CONCUSSION :
SPORTS: FOOTBALL: PROFESSIONAL :
MEDICAL TESTS TESTING: ASSESSMENT AND SCREENING:
The Simple Concussion Test the NFL Does Not Use
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The Simple Concussion Test the NFL Does Not Use
Nancy Armour
USA TODAY
Sports
8:29 p.m. EST January 27, 2015
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2015/01/27/
super-bowl-nfl-king-devick-eye-movement-concussion-test/22431165/
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PHOENIX When Ziggy Ansah drove his helmet into the side of Jimmy
Clausen's head in an NFL game in December, it looked like a semi-truck
hitting a Mini Cooper. Anyone who saw the hit could feel the headache
coming on.
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Yet not only did Clausen stay in for the rest of the drive, the last that
day for the Chicago Bears, the team later said he passed all of the
necessary testing.
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A few hours later, Clausen had developed concussion symptoms severe enough
to send him to a hospital. The next day, in an unusually swift decision,
the Bears ruled him out of the next game.
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"We have to accept that the idea of letting someone pass the concussion
protocol on the sideline is flawed in itself," said Chris Nowinski,
co-founder of the Sports Legacy Institute, the non-profit dedicated to
advancing the treatment and prevention of concussions in athletes.
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"There will be some percentage of people who will pass the test, but will
have symptoms later," Nowinski said. "It's inherent in concussions."
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There is another test that could help. But the NFL isn't using it.
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"I can't tell you why," said Steve Devick, co-creator of the King-Devick
Test. "They know about us, that's for sure."
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The King-Devick Test measures saccadic, or rapid, eye movement. A person
suspected of having a concussion is given three cards, each with several
lines of numbers on them, and asked to read them, left to right. When
there's been a concussion or some other brain injury, the time it takes to
read the numbers will be slower than the person's baseline test. (The test
also can be administered using an app, with the numbers presented on three
different screens.)
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Unlike the NFL's Sideline Concussion Assessment, part of which requires
the medical professional administering it to make a judgment on whether a
player is showing signs of a head injury, the King-Devick test is
completely objective. It takes just two minutes to complete, compared with
five minutes or more for the NFL's current test.
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