Small changes to football practices can yield large reduction in head impacts, UF Health researchers find

August 23, 2018

Shortening the time spent on the highest-risk football drills could reduce the equivalent of nearly a year’s worth of head impacts over the course of a typical…

Quick action on concussion symptoms helps athletes recover faster, researchers find

April 5, 2018

In the warrior ethos that permeates sports, athletes sometimes shake off injuries and stay in the game. It’s considered a measure of toughness. It also is the…

Delayed concussion reporting may sideline college athletes for several more days

May 9, 2016

Athletes who wait to report a concussion may experience longer recovery times, say University of Florida researchers who found that college players who delayed…

Heads in the Game: 3 ways UF experts are treating and preventing concussions

The shattering crunch of two football players — two hundred pounds of flesh, muscle, plastic, metal and foam colliding with 10 times more G-force than an F-16…

UF using sensors to monitor dangerous hits on football field

October 28, 2014

In football, a tackle can supply 100 G’s of force or more, well above the amount that can cause a concussion and more than 10 times the force of an F-16 jet…