OT: Handheld concussion test needs industry partner for funding

[PatsFan37]

From this article, there's a report on two companies developing a blood test for biological markers of brain injury. If the NFL wants to prove it's serious about preventing concussion, it might want to step up and fund one of these efforts. That $5 million they spent on a rather worthless and biased investigation could have gone a long way towards paying for clinical trials.

Hrusovsky says his company is considering developing a handheld device that could assess the severity of an injury on the sideline of a football game. He says it should be possible to bring such a device to market by the end of 2017, but to pull that off Quanterix might need the help of an industry partner to help pay for expensive clinical trials. In the meantime, he says, it is realistic that a so-calledlaboratory developed test, which could not be administered on the sideline but is subject to fewer regulatory hurdles, could be ready within six months.​

 

[BTTA]

This has more important implications than football. If it really has potential, it'll get funded through our federal budget or a savvy investor.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Get Goody in the clinical trials. He needs his head examined anyway.

 

[Froob]

NFLPA should prepare to file a suit to bar the NFL from doing it to trick them into actually doing it.

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

I know we're all now sudden fans of the NFLPA but seriously, a NFLPA that cared about actual player health should consider funding the trials.

 

[nabwong]

Get Goody in the clinical trials. He needs his head examined anyway.

You can't concuss an empty head right?

 

[PatsFan37]

This has more important implications than football. If it really has potential, it'll get funded through our federal budget or a savvy investor.

I agree, but the NFL is taking fire that it's not doing enough to prevent concussions. If it wants to show its concern, it should take advantage of opportunities to get in front of the problem instead of waiting for the government or other investors to take the lead.

 

[IcyPatriot]

Russell Wilson says drink 'Recovery Water' ... and you will not get a concussion.
That's some real bad advice that a teen or young athlete could misconstrue to a lifelong disability.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...83?utm_hp_ref=sports&ir=Sports&section=sports

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is standing by his belief that Recovery Water, a water brand he's an investor in, will prevent football players from sustaining a concussion.

In a Rolling Stone feature published on Wednesday, Wilson claimed that drinking Recovery Water healed a January head injury. On Thursday, he went a step further, tweeting that the water also prevents concussions.

http://recoverywater.com/

**Studies conducted by University of Florida and Seattle Sports Medicine found that those who integrated Recovery Water into their active lifestyle experienced less muscle damage and 20% decrease in muscle fatigue. For more information, see the articles in The American Physiological Society Journal of Applied Physiology and the Hindawi Physiology Journal. Also, check out the summary poster from Seattle Performance Medicine.

 

[RayClay]

Exponent might be interested.