Temple University has been selected to participate in the largest study ever focused on concussions in student athletes. The NCAA and Department of Defense chose nine more institutions to add to twenty-one already conducting longitudinal research under the guidance of the Care Consortium.
After a lengthy selection process, co-principal investigator and Temple neuroscience professor Dr. Dianne Langford is looking forward to beginning research.
“We’re very honored to be a part of this study, and this is just the beginning of a wellness and fitness program here at Temple that we’re going to be employing to reach out to all of our students,” stated Dr. Langford.
25,000 students are expected to participate in this study, and 1,000 of these students are projected to be Temple Owls. Preliminary screening of the D-1 and club athletes will begin this summer and lead to further testing within the next three years.
Fellow co-principal investigator and Temple kinesiology professor Dr. Ryan Tierney described methods of research faculty and students will be using to assess concussion affects on athletes.
“You can do balance testing, cognitive testing, ask about short term and delayed memory, then some more sophisticated balance testing as part of a pretty good protocol of assessing concussions.”
Undergraduate and graduate students at Temple will also be selected to conduct research and assess the results of the balance and cognitive tests.
For more information on this landmark study on concussion in sport, visit Care Consortium’s website, here.
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