Concussion tests miss important brain function problems: SFU/Mayo Clinic study

Widely used clinical concussion tests miss important changes to brain function in hockey players who have been cleared to return to play, a new multi-year study reveals.
Researchers at Simon Fraser University and the Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine Center have developed a more sensitive tool to measure the brain’s vital signs using complex brainwave data that can be deployed right at the rink.
Their research — published this week in Brain: A Journal of Neurology — found that Junior