Recent Publications

Sport-related concussions in baseball and softball: do mechanisms of injury affect recovery? 

Published in Neurosurgical Focus, July 2024.

https://doi.org/10.3171/2024.4.FOCUS24144

 

A Pilot Study Evaluating the Timing of Vestibular Therapy After Sport-Related Concussion: Is Earlier Better? 

Published in Sports Health, March 2021.  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1941738121998687

 

The cost of a single concussion in American high school football: a retrospective cohort study. Published in Concussion 2020.

Lay abstract:  The healthcare costs, or the costs incurred by the healthcare system, associated with a single concussion in American high school football are unknown.  We reviewed the records of 144 high school football players who received concussion care at our sports concussion center and calculated the direct healthcare costs associated with the appointments, imaging studies, and therapies received, when applicable.  We found each concussion results in about $800 of healthcare system spending.  A few factors were associated with greater costs, including visiting the emergency department and having symptoms for over 1 month.  Furthermore, the more symptoms an athlete had at their initial clinic visit, the higher total cost of care.  Understanding these costs can potentially help clinicians and researchers determine the best ways to maximize care while minimizing costs.

 

Diagnosing mild traumatic brain injury using saliva RNA compared to cognitive and balance testing.  Published in Clinical and Translational Medicine, October, 2020.  https://doi.org/10.1002/ctm2.197

Saliva microRNA

  • The Use of the EyeStat Device in Sport-Related Concussion

    V-SCoRe has partnered with a third-party company, BlinkTBI, to use their EyeStat blink reflexometer to measure the blink reflex before and after sport-related concussion. These blink metrics provide an opportunity for objective metrics to diagnose and follow concussion. 

     

    Economic Considerations in Concussion

    V-SCoRe has a strong interest in understanding how the direct healthcare costs of concussion vary depending on clinical factors including by sport and demographic subgroups. The goal of these studies is to begin to consider the cost-effectiveness of various prevention and treatment strategies in sport-related concussion. For example, is upgrading a whole team’s football helmets a cost-effective strategy to prevent concussion.

     

    Diversity in Concussion Science

    V-SCoRe is collaborating experts across the country to understand how an athlete’s sociocultural background influences their experience of concussion and, in turn, how their concussion should be best managed. We are committed to understanding how race, gender and socioeconomic status influence concussion risk and recovery. We believe that personalized care in concussion must reflect an athlete’s background and these collaborative investigations are the first step. 

  • Zargari M, Jo J, Williams K, Yengo-Kahn AM, Vance EH, Bonfield CM, Terry DP, Zuckerman SL. Sport-related concussion in 8- to 12 -year-olds: an understudied population. Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics. 2024. DOI: 10.3171/2023.10.PEDS23410. PMID: 38306638.

     

    Terry DP, Jo J, Williams K, Davis P, Iverson GL, Zuckerman SL. Examining the New Consensus Criteria for Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. Journal of Neurotrauma. 2024. DOI: 10.1089/neu.2023.0601. PMID: 38204178.

     

    Anderson MN, Gallo CA, Passalugo SW, Nimeh JM, Edgar R, Yengo-Kahn AM, Neitz K, Terry DP, Zuckerman SL, Broglio SP, McCrea M, McAllister T, Pasquina P, Buckley TA. Collegiate Athletes With Diabetes: Baseline Medical Comorbidities and Preseason Concussion Testing Performance. 2024. Journal of Athletic Training. DOI: 10.4085/1062-6050-0202.23. PMID: 37655803.

     

    Williams K, Zeoli T, Allen JH, Jo J, Yengo-Kahn AM, Terry DP, Zuckerman SL. Risk of Two Sport-Related Concussions in the Same Year: Is the Second Concussion Worse? 2024. Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine. DOI: 10/1097/JSM. 0000000000001156. PMID: 37058611.

     

    Burns C, Jo J, Williams K, Davis P, Amedy A, Anesi TJ, Prosak OL, Rigney GH, Terry DP, Zuckerman SL. Subclinical, long-term psychological symptoms following sport-related concussion: are athletes more depressed than we think? 2024. Brain Injury. DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2024.2334352. PMID: 38572738.

     

    Jo J, Boltz AJ, Williams KL, Pasquina PF, McAllister TW, McCrea MA, Broglio SP, Zuckerman SL, Terry DP, CARE Consortium Investigators. Mechanisms of Injury Leading to Concussions in Collegiate Soccer Players: A CARE Consortium Study. 2024. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. DOI: 10.1177/03635465241240789. PMID: 38656160.

     

    Jawid MY, Williams KL, Jo J, Prosak OL, Amedy A, Anesi TJ, Fitch RW, Terry DP, Zuckerman SL. Acute psychological symptom profile in high school athletes following sport-related concussion. Neurosurgical Focus. 2024. DOI: 10.3171/2024.4.FOCUS24160. PMID: 38950451. 

     

    Dugan JE, Jo J, Williams KL, Terry DP, Zuckerman SL. Sport-related concussions in wrestling: does mechanism of injury affect            recovery? J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2024. DOI:10.23736/S0022-4707.24.15911-7. PMID: 38841729. 

     

    Jo J, Dugan JE, Rigney GH, Williams KL, Berkner PD, Iverson GL, Zuckerman SL, Terry DP. Examining for gender differences in return to learn following sport-related concussion in high school student athletes. Neurosurgical Focus. 2024. DOI: 10.3171/2024.4.FOCUS24130. PMID: 38950448.

     

    Terry DP, Jo, J, Williams K, Maxwell BA, Berkner P, Iverson GL, Zuckerman SL. Recovery after Sport-Related Concussion in Collegiate Athletes with Self-Reported Pre-Injury Migraines. Journal of Neurotrauma. 2024. PMID: 38517075.

     

    Tang AR, Williams KL, Davis PJ, Grusky AZ, Hou BQ, Hajdu KS, Yengo-Kahn AM, Zuckerman SL, Terry, DP. Symptom resolution following a repeat concussion within the same athlete. Brain Injury. 2024. DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2024.2311341. PMID: 38335326.

     

    Jo J, Hill TM, Williams K, Prosak OL, Amedy A, Anesi TJ, Terry DP, Zuckerman SL. Do Sport-Related Concussions Later in the Season Take Longer to Recovery From? 2024. Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine. DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000001189. PMID: 37678815.

     

    Dugan JE, Long CC, Sills T, Jo J, Williams KL, Terry DP, Zuckerman SL. Sport-related concussions in baseball and softball: do mechanisms of injury affect recovery? Neurosurgical Focus. 2024. DOI: 10.3171/2024.4.FOCUS24144. PMID:38950438.

     

    Jo J, Williams KL, Wallace J, Anand M, Anesi TJ, Brewer C, Burns CL, Hefley WF, St Julien ZN, Tang AR, Zuckerman SL, Terry DP, Yengo-Kahn AM. Systematic Review Examining the Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Sport-Related Concussion Studies. 2024. Journal of Athletic Training. DOI: 10.4085/1062-6050-0072.23. PMID: 37347141. 

     

     

  • Rigney G, Jo J, Williams K, Terry DP, Zuckerman SL. Parental Factors Associated With Recovery After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: A Systematic Review. J Neurotrauma. 2023 Jul 18. doi: 10.1089/neu.2023.0015. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37212287. 

     

    Jo J, Williams KL, Hill TM, Perry GM, Prosak OL, Amedy A, Anesi TJ, Terry DP, Zuckerman SL. Return-to-learn after sport-related concussion: does school level matter? J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2023 May 5:1-8. doi: 10.3171/2023.3.PEDS2312. Epub ahead of print. PMID:37148225.

     

    Williams K, Zeoli T, Allen JH, Jo J, Yengo-Kahn AM, Terry DP, Zuckerman SL. Risk of Two Sport-Related Concussions in the Same Year: Is the Second Concussion Worse? Clin J Sport Med. 2023 Apr 14. doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000001156. Epub ahead of print. PMID:37058611.

     

    Allen JH, Tang AR, Hajdu KS, Hou BQ, Grusky AZ, Chen H, Bonfield CM, Zuckerman SL, Terry DP, Yengo-Kahn AM. Predicting early versus late recovery from sport-related concussion using decision tree analysis. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2023 Apr 14;32(1):9-18. doi: 10.3171/2023.2.PEDS2330. PMID: 37060315.

     

    Jo J, Williams KL, Wallace J, Anand M, Anesi TJ, Brewer C, Burns CL, HefleyWF, St Julien ZN, Tang AR, Zuckerman SL, Terry DP, Yengo-Kahn AM. Systematic Review Examining the Reporting of Race and Ethnicity in Sport-Related Concussion Studies. J Athl Train. 2023 Jun 21. doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-0072.23. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37347141.

     

    Jo J, Jonzzon S, Yengo-Kahn A, Terry DP, Zuckerman SL. Furthering the Discussion on Sport-Related Structural Brain Injury: An Invited Commentary on Positive Head Computed Tomography Findings in the Setting of Sport Head Injuries: Can These Athletes Return-to-Play? World Neurosurg. 2023 Jun 19:S1878-8750(23)00825-2. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.06.057. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37343671. 

     

    Jo J, Williams KL, Jonzzon S, Yengo-Kahn AM, Terry DP, Zuckerman SL. Positive Head Computed Tomography Findings in the Setting of Sport HeadInjuries: Can These Athletes Return-to-Play? Neurosurgery. 2023 May 11. doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002520. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37166195.

     

    Williams K, Zeoli T, Allen JH, Jo J, Yengo-Kahn AM, Terry DP, Zuckerman SL. Risk of Two Sport-Related Concussions in the Same Year: Is the Second Concussion Worse? Clin J Sport Med. 2023 Apr 14. doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000001156. Epub ahead of print. PMID:37058611.

     

    Pullen JC, Wolfson DI, Totten DJ, Jeckell AS, Bonfield CM, Zuckerman SL, Yengo-Kahn AM. Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Learning Disabilities Modify Recovery and Sport Behavior Following Sport-Related Concussion. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2023 Feb;62(2):121-131. doi: 10.1177/00099228221113787. Epub 2022 Jul 26. PMID: 35883273.

     

    Tang AR, Wallace J, Grusky AZ, Hou BQ, Hajdu KS, Bonfield CM, Zuckerman SL, Yengo-Kahn AM. Investigation of Factors Contributing to Racial Differences in Sport-Related Concussion Outcomes. World Neurosurg. 2023 May;173:e755-e765. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.03.009. Epub 2023 Mar 9. PMID: 36898629.

     

    Jonzzon S, Jo J, Zuckerman SL. Commentary: Comparing Impact and Concussion Risk in Leatherhead and Modern Football and Hockey Helmets. Neurosurgery. 2023 Jul 1;93(1):e10-e11. doi: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002506. Epub 2023 Apr 19. PMID:37074056.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

  •  Hou BQ, Yengo-Kahn AM, Hajdu K, Tang AR, Grusky AZ, Zuckerman SL, Terry DP. Factors Associated With Additional Clinic Visits in the Treatment of Sports-Related Concussion. Clin J Sport Med. 2022 Nov 1;32(6):588-594. doi:10.1097/JSM.0000000000001057. Epub 2022 Oct 3. PMID: 36194442.

     

    Tang AR, Davis PJ, Williams KL, Grusky AZ, Hajdu KS, Hou BQ, Yengo-Kahn AM, Zuckerman SL, Terry DP. Use of acute cognitive symptom cluster to predict return-to-learn duration following a sport-related concussion. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2022 Jul 29:1-8. 

    doi: 10.3171/2022.6.PEDS22182. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35907196.

     

     

  • CTE Research in the Public Domain: What Makes the Headlines?

    Wolfson D, Kuhn AW, Kerr ZY, Yengo-Kahn AM, Brett B, Solomon GS, Zuckerman SL.

    Brain Injury. 2020 Mar 20;34(4): 528-534. PMID: 32064946.

     

    Preventable Deaths, Video Analysis, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Sport.

    Yengo-Kahn AM, Zuckerman SL.

    Neurosurgery. 2020 Mar 1;86(3):E349-E350. PMID: 31748788

     

    On-field Assessment of Concussion: Clinical Utility of the King-Devick Test.

    Legarreta AD, Mummareddy N, Yengo-Kahn AM, Zuckerman SL.

    Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine. 2019 Aug 21; 10:115-121. PMID: 31686924.

     

    Sport-related Traumatic Brain Injury.

    Ahluwalia R, Mummareddy N, Bonfield CM, Yengo-Kahn AM.

    eLS (ebook). Wiley and Sons, 2020. (in press).

     

    Sport-Related Concussive Convulsions

    George D, Tang AR, Bonfield CM, Yengo-Kahn AM.

    Post-Traumatic Epilepsy. Ed. Marco Mula. Cambridge University Press, 2020. (in press)

     

    Imaging findings after acute sport-related concussion in American football players; A systematic review.

    Monk SH, Legarreta AD, Kirby P, Brett BL, Yengo-Kahn AM, Bhatia A, Solomon GS, Zuckerman SL.

     J Clin Neurosci. 2019 Mar;61:28-35.PMID: 30487055.

     

    Diagnostic algorithms to study post-concussion syndrome using electronic health records: validating a method to capture an important patient population

    Dennis J, Yengo-Kahn AM, Kirby P, Solomon GS, Cox NJ, Zuckerman SL.

    J Neurotrauma. 2019. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID; 30773988.

     

    The Neuropathological and Clinical Diagnostic Criteria of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: A Critical Examination in Relation to Other Neurodegenerative Diseases.

    Brett BL, Wilmoth K, Cummings P, Solomon GS, McCrea MA, Zuckerman SL.

    J Alzheimers Dis. 2019. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30856113.

     

    Sport-related concussion: evaluation, treatment, and future directions.

    McKeithan L, Hibshman N, Yengo-Kahn AM, Solomon GS, Zuckerman SL.

    Med Sci (Basel). 2019. Mar 15;7(3). PMID: 30884753.

     

    Sport-related structural brain injury in high school soccer: epidural hemorrhage after a “header”.

    Mumareddy N, Legarreta AD, Yengo-Kahn AM, Bow HC, Solomon GS, Naftel RP, Zuckerman SL.

    World Neurosurgery. 2019. Jul;127:20-23. PMID: 30928598.

     

    Concussion and national hockey league player performance: an advanced hockey metrics analysis.

    Buckley TA, Bryk KN, Van Pelt KL, Broglio SP, East SA, Zuckerman SL, Kuhn AW.

    J Athl Train. 2019. May;54(5):527-533. PMID: 30933609.

     

    Commentary: The Florida youth concussion law: a survey-based observational study of physician practices and their legislative awareness.

    Zuckerman SL, Vance EH, Brett BL.

    Neurosurgery. 2019. Nov 1;85(5):E959-E961. PMID: 31504854.

     

    Concussion incidence and trends in 20 high school sports.

    Kerr ZY, Chandran A, Nedimyer AK, Arakkal A, Pierpoint LA, Zuckerman SL.

    Pediatrics. 2019. Oct 15. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 31615955

     

    Benefits of team sports participation versus concerns for chronic traumatic encephalopathy: prioritizing the health of our youth. 

    Zuckerman SL, Yengo-Kahn AM, Brett BL, Kuhn AW, Wolfson DI, Kerr ZY. 

    Concussion.  2020.  May;5(2).

     

    Research is like a bad game of ‘telephone’: mitigating the information breakdown from clinicians and researchers to the general public.

    Kerr ZY, Chandran A, Zuckerman SL, Stoner L, Solomon GS.

    Br J Sports Med. 2019. Nov 27. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 31776121.

     

    Concussions in the National Football League: The evolution of video review for assessing the frequency and reliability of visible signs.

    Zuckerman SL, Elbin RJ, Sills AK, Crandall JR, Lessley DJ, Moran CM, Moran CD, Solomon GS.

    Phys Sportsmed. 2020. Feb 18. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 32067541.

     

    Soccer Injuries in Children and Adolescents.

    Watson A, Mjaanes JM; Diamond AB, COUNCIL ON SPORTS MEDICINE AND FITNESS.

    Pediatrics. 2019 Nov;144(5). pii: e20192759. doi: 10.1542/peds.2019-2759

     

    Evaluation and Management of Traumatic Conditions in the Athlete.

    Fitch RW, Williams J.

    Clin Sports Med. 2019 Oct;38(4):513-535. doi: 10.1016/j.csm.2019.06.004. Epub 2019 Jul 29. Review.

     

    Mental Health Issues and Psychological Factors in Athletes: Detection, Management, Effect on Performance and Prevention: American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Position Statement – Executive Summary.

    Chang C, Putukian M, Aerni G, Diamond AB, Hong E, Ingram Y, Reardon C, Wolanin A.

    British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2020; 54(4):216-220.

     

    Implementation of Safety Standards for Youth Sports Leagues: The "Safe Stars" Example in Tennessee.

    Diamond AB, Dickinson R, Fiscus MD, Heitmann R, Radman M. 

    Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine. 2019; 29(5):398-405.

     

  • Brett, B.L. Solomon, G.S., Hill, J., & Schatz, P. (2018). Two-year test-retest reliability in high school athletes Using the four- and two-factor ImPACT composite structures: The effects of learning disorders and headache/migraine treatment history. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 33, 216–226.

    Yengo-Kahn, A, M., Gardner, R.M., Kuhn, A.W., Solomon, G.S., Bonfield, C.M., & Zuckerman, S.L. (2017). Sport-related structural brain injury: Three cases of subdural hemorrhage in American high school football. World Neurosurgery, 106: 1055.e5-1055.e11.

    Pawlukiewicz, A., Yengo-Kahn, A.M., & Solomon, G.S. (2017). The effect of pre-test exercise on baseline computerized neurocognitive test scores. Orthopedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 5(10), 1-6.

    Zalneraitis, B.H., Pawlukiewicz, A.J., Yengo-Kahn, A.M., & Solomon, G.S. (2017). Self-reported history of seizure and baseline neurocognitive test performance in student-athletes: An initial investigation. The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 45(4), 470-474.

    Kerr, Z.Y., Zuckerman, S.L., Wasserman, E.W., Vander Vegt, C.B., Yengo-Kahn, A.M., Buckley, T.A., Solomon, G.S., Sills, A.K., & Dompier, T.P. (2018). Factors associated with post-concussion syndrome in high school student-athletes. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 21, 447-452.

    Zuckerman, S.Z., Kelly, P.D., Dewan, M.C., Morone, P.J., Magarik, J.A., Baticulon, R.E., Zusman, E.E., Solomon, G.S., & Wellons, J.W.  (2018). Do pre-residency factors accurately predict resident performance? A systematic review and its applicability to neurosurgery training. World Neurosurgery, 110, 475-484.

    Brett, B.L., Kuhn, A, W., Yengo-Kahn, A.M., Jeckell, A.S., Solomon, G.S., & Zuckerman, S.L. (2018). On-field signs predict future acute symptoms after sport-related concussion: A structural equation modeling study. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 24, 476-485.

    Kuhl, N.O., Yengo-Kahn, A.M., Burnette, H., Solomon, G.S., & Zuckerman, S.L. (2018). Sport-related concussive convulsions: A systematic review. The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 46(1), 1-7.

    Jeckell, A., Brett, B.L., Totten, D., & Solomon, G.S. (2018). Team versus individual sport participation as a modifying factor in the development of post-concussion syndrome after first concussion: A pilot study. Applied Neuropsychology: Child, in press.

    Brett, B.L., Kuhn, A.W., Yengo-Kahn, A.M., Solomon, G.S., & Zuckerman, S.L. (2018). Risk factors associated with sustaining a sport-related concussion: An initial synthesis study of 12,320 student-athletes. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, in press.

    Zuckerman, S.L., Reynolds, B.B., Yengo-Kahn, A.M., Kuhn, A.W., Chadwell, J.T., Goodale, S.E., Lafferty, C.E., Langford, K.T., McKeithan, L.J., Kirby, P., & Solomon, G.S. (2018). A football helmet prototype that reduces linear and rotational acceleration with the addition of an outer shell. Journal of Neurosurgery, in press.

    Brett, B.L., Kuhn, A.W., Yengo-Kahn, A.M., Kerr, Z.Y., Bonfield, C.M., Solomon, G.S., and Zuckerman, S.L. (2018). Initial symptom presentation after high school football-related concussion varies by time point in a season: an initial investigation. Sports Medicine-Open, 4(8), 1-9.

    Solomon, G.S. (2018). Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in sports: A historical and narrative review. Developmental Neuropsychology, 43(4), 279-311.

    Ellenbogen, R.G., Batjer, H., Bailes, J., Barnes, R., Berger, M., Cantu, R., Cardenas, J., Collins, J., Heyer, R., Hsu, W., Lonser, R., Maroon, J., Nabel, E., Pieroth, E., Putukian, M., Theodore, N., Solomon, G.S., & Sills, A.K. (2018). National Football League Head, Neck and Spine Committee’s Concussion Diagnosis and Management Protocol: 2017-18 Season. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 2018, 52, 894-902.

    Kuhn, A.W., Gentry, W., Patel, R.D., Yengo-Kahn, A.M., Kerr, Z.Y., Solomon, G.S., & Zuckerman, S.L. (2018). Player performance after returning from a concussion in the National Football League (NFL): A pilot study. Journal of Surgical Orthopaedic Advances, 27(3), 1-11.

    Legarreta, A.D., Brett, B.L., Solomon, G.S., & Zuckerman, S.L. The role of family and personal psychiatric history in sport-related post-concussion syndrome following sport-related concussion: a story of compounding risk. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, 22(3), 238-243.

    Mummareddy, N., Brett, B.L., Yengo-Kahn, A.M., Solomon, G.S., & Zuckerman, S.L.  Sway Balance Mobile Application: reliability, acclimation, and baseline administration. Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine, in press.

    Brett, B.L., Zuckerman, S.L., Terry, D.P., Solomon, G.S., & Iverson, G.L. Normative Data for the Sway Balance System. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, in press.

    Zuckerman, S.L., Brett, B.L., Jeckell, A., Yengo-Kahn, A.M., & Solomon, G.S. (2018). Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and Neurodegeneration in Contact Sports and American Football. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 66(1), 37-55.

    Legarreta, A.D., Monk, S.H., Kirby, P. Brett, B.L., Yengo-Kahn, A.M., Bhatia, A., Solomon, G.S., & Zuckerman, S.L. Long-term Neuroimaging Findings in American Football Players: Systematic Review. World Neurosurgery, in press.

    Davis, G., Makdissi, M., Bloomfield, P., Clifton, P., Echemendia, R., Falvey, E., Fuller, G., Green, G., Harcourt, P., Hill, T., McGuirk, N., Meeuwisse, W., Orchard, J., Raftery, M., Sills, A., Solomon, G., Valadka, A., &McCrory, P. The International study of Video review of concussion in Professional Sports. British Journal of Sports Medicine, in press.

    Zuckerman, S.L., Brett, B.L., Jeckell, A., Yengo-Kahn, A.M., & Solomon, G.S. Prognostic Factors in Pediatric Sport-Related Concussion. Current Neurology and Neuroscience Reports, in press.

    Dennis, J., Yengo-Kahn, A.M., Kirby, P., Solomon, G.S., Cox, N., & Zuckerman, S.L. Diagnostic algorithms to study post-concussion syndrome using electronic health records: validating a method to capture an important patient population. Journal of Neurotrauma, in press.

    Monk, S.A., Legaretta, A.D., Kirby, P., Brett, B.L., Yengo-Kahn, A.M., Bhatia, A., Solomon, G.S., & Zuckerman, S.L. Imaging Findings After Acute Sport-Related Concussion in American Football Players: A Systematic Review. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, in press.

  • Gardner, R.M., Yengo-Kahn, A., Bonfield, C.M., & Solomon, G.S. (2017). Comparison of baseline and post-concussion ImPACT test scores in young athletes with stimulant-treated and untreated ADHD.  The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 45(1), 1-10.

    Brett, B.L., & Solomon, G.S. (2017). The influence of validity criteria on ImPACT test-retest reliability among high school athletes. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 39(3), 286-295.

    Kuhn, A.W., Zuckerman, S.L., Solomon, G.S., Casson, I.R., & Viano, D.C. (2017). Interrelationships among neuroimaging biomarkers, neuropsychological test data, and symptom reporting in a cohort of retired National Football League (NFL) players. Sports Health, 9(1), 30-40.

    Brett, B.L., & Solomon, G.S. (2017). Comparison of neurocognitive performance in contact and noncontact non-concussed high school athletes across a two-year period. Developmental Neuropsychology, 42(2), 70-82.

    Zuckerman, S.L., Zalneraitis, B.H., Totten, D.J., Rubel, K.E., Kuhn, A.W., Yengo-Kahn, A.M., Bonfield, C.M., Sills, A.K., & Solomon, G.S. (2017). Socioeconomic status and outcomes after sport-related concussion: A preliminary investigation. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, in press.

    Zuckerman, S.L., Totten, D.J., Rubel, K.E., Kuhn, A.W., Yengo-Kahn, A.M., & Solomon, G.S. (2017). Mechanisms of injury as a diagnostic predictor of sport-related concussion severity in football, basketball, and soccer: Results from a regional concussion registry. Clinical Neurosurgery, 68(1), 102-112.

    Kuhn, A.W., Zuckerman, S.L., Yengo-Kahn, A.M., Kerr, Z.Y., Totten, D.J., Rubel, K.E., Sills, A.K., & Solomon, G.S. (2017). Factors associated with playing through a sport-related concussion. Clinical Neurosurgery, 64(1), 211-216.

    Feddermann-Demont N, Echemendia R., Schneider K., Solomon G., Hayden K.A., Turner M., Dvorak J., Straumann D., & Tarnutzer A.A. (2017). What domains of clinical function should be assessed after sport-related concussion? A systematic review. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 51, 903-918.

    Iverson, G.L., Gardner, A. J., Terry, D.P., Ponsford, J.L., Sills, A.K., Broshek, D.K., & Solomon, G.S. (2017). Predictors of clinical recovery from concussion: A systematic review. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 51, 941-948.

    Kuhn, A.W., Gentry, W., Patel, R.D., Yengo-Kahn, A.M., Kerr, Z.Y., Solomon, G.S., & Zuckerman, S.L. Player performance after returning from a concussion in the National Football League (NFL): A pilot study. Journal of Surgical Orthopaedic Advances, in press.

    Brett, B.L. Solomon, G.S., Hill, J., & Schatz, P. Two-year test-retest reliability in high school athletes Using the four- and two-factor ImPACT composite structures: The effects of learning disorders and headache/migraine treatment history. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, in press.

    Yengo-Kahn, A, M., Gardner, R.M., Kuhn, A.W., Solomon, G.S., Bonfield, C.M., & Zuckerman, S.L. (2017). Sport-related structural brain injury: Three cases of subdural hemorrhage in American high school football. World Neurosurgery, 106: 1055.e5-1055.e11.

    Pawlukiewicz, A., Yengo-Kahn, A.M., & Solomon, G.S. The effect of pre-test exercise on baseline computerized neurocognitive test scores. Orthopedic Journal of Sports Medicine, in press.

    Zalneraitis, B.H., Pawlukiewicz, A.J., Yengo-Kahn, A.M., & Solomon, G.S. Self-reported history of seizure and baseline neurocognitive test performance in student-athletes: An initial investigation. The Physician and Sportsmedicine, in press.

    Kerr, Z.Y., Zuckerman, S.L., Wasserman, E.W., Vander Vegt, C.B., Yengo-Kahn, A.M., Buckley, T.A., Solomon, G.S., Sills, A.K., & Dompier, T.P. Factors associated with post-concussion syndrome in high school student-athletes. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, in press.

    Feddermann-Demont N, Echemendia R., Schneider K., Solomon G., Hayden K.A., Turner M., Dvorak J. Straumann D., & Tarnutzer A.A. What domains of clinical function should be assessed after sport-related concussion? A systematic review. British Journal of Sports Medicine, in press.

    Iverson, G.L., Gardner, A. J., Terry, D.P., Ponsford, J.L., Sills, A.K., Broshek, D.K., & Solomon, G.S. Predictors of clinical recovery from concussion: A systematic review. British Journal of Sports Medicine, in press.

    Zuckerman, S.L., Zalneraitis, B.H., Totten, D.J., Rubel, K.E., Kuhn, A.W., Yengo-Kahn, A.M., Bonfield, C.M., Sills, A.K., & Solomon, G.S. Outcomes after sport-related concussion: Does socioeconomic status matter? Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, in press.

    Zuckerman, S.L., Totten, D.J., Rubel, K.E., Kuhn, A.W., Yengo-Kahn, A.M., & Solomon, G.S. Mechanisms of injury as a diagnostic predictor of sport-related concussion severity in football, basketball, and soccer: Results from a regional concussion registry. Clinical Neurosurgery, in press.

    Kuhn, A.W., Zuckerman, S.L., Yengo-Kahn, A.M., Kerr, Z.Y., Totten, D.J., Rubel, K.E., Sills, A.K., & Solomon, G.S. Factors associated with playing through a sport-related concussion. Clinical Neurosurgery, in press.

    ​Gardner, R.M., Yengo-Kahn, A., Bonfield, C.M., & Solomon, G.S. (2017). Comparison of baseline and post-concussion ImPACT test scores in young athletes with stimulant-treated and untreated ADHD.  The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 45(1), 1-10.

     

  • Militana, A.R., Donahue, M.J., Sills, A.K., Solomon, G.S., Gregory, A.J., Strother, M.K., Morgan, V.L. (2016). Alterations in default-mode network connectivity may be influenced by cerebrovascular changes within one week of sports related concussion in college varsity athletes: a pilot study. Brain Imaging and Behavior, 10(2), 559-568.

    ​Diamond, A. B. Callahan, S.T., Chain, K.F., Solomon, G.S. (2016). A qualitative review of hazing in collegiate and school sports: consequences from a lack of culture, knowledge and responsiveness. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 50(3), 149-153.

    Yengo-Kahn, A., Johnson, D., Zuckerman, S.L., & Solomon, G.S. (2016). Concussion in the NFL: A Current Concepts review. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 44(3), 801-811.

    Odom, M.J., Lee, Y.M., Zuckerman, S.L., Apple, R.P., Germanos, T., Solomon, G.S., & Sills, A.K. (2016). Balance assessment in sports-related concussion: Evaluating the test-retest reliability of the Equilibrate System. Journal of Surgical Orthopedic Advances, in press.

     Militana, A.R., Donahue, M.J., Sills, A.K., Solomon, G.S., Gregory, A.J., Strother, M.K., Morgan, V.L.  Alterations in default-mode network connectivity may be influenced by cerebrovascular changes within one week of sports related concussion in college varsity athletes: a pilot study. Brain Imaging and Behavior, in press.

     Yengo-Kahn, A. & Solomon, G.S. (2016). Are psychotropic medications associated with differences in baseline neurocognitive assessment scores for young athletes? A pilot study. The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 43(3), 227-235.

    Solomon, G.S., Kuhn, A.W., Zuckerman, S.L., Casson, I.R., Viano, D.C., Lovell, M.R., Sills, A.K. (2016). Participation in pre-high school football and later life neurological, neuroradiological, and neuropsychological findings: A study of 45 retired NFL players. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 44(5), 1106-1115.

    Solomon, G.S., Kuhn, A.W., & Zuckerman, S.L. (2016). Depression as a modifying factor in sports-related concussion: A critical review of the literature. The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 44(1), 14-19.

     Zuckerman, S. L., Yengo-Kahn, A., Buckley, T.A., Solomon, G.S., Sills, A.K., & Kerr, Z.Y. (2016). Predictors of post-concussion syndrome in collegiate student-athletes, Neurosurgical Focus, in press.

    Yengo-Kahn, A., Hale, A.T., Zalneraitis, B.H., Zuckerman, S.L., Sills, A.K., & Solomon, G.S. (2016). The Sideline Concussion Assessment Tool: A systematic review. Neurosurgical Focus, in press.

    Zuckerman, S.L., Prather, C.T., Yengo-Kahn, A., Solomon, G.S., Sills, A.K., Bonfield, C.M. (2016). Sport-related structural brain injury associated with arachnoid cysts: a systematic review and quantitative analysis. Neurosurgical Focus, in press.

    Kuhn, A.W., Zuckerman, S.L., Totten, D., & Solomon, G.S. (2016). Style of play after returning from concussion in the National Hockey League (NHL). American Journal of Sports Medicine, in press.

    Zuckerman, S.L., Totten, D.J., Rubel, K.E., Kuhn, A.W., Yengo-Kahn, A.M., & Solomon, G.S.  Mechanisms of injury as a diagnostic predictor of sport-related concussion severity in football, basketball, and soccer: Results from a regional concussion registry . Clinical Neurosurgery, in press.

    Kerr, Zachary Y., Zuckerman, S.L., Wasserman, E.B., et al. "Concussion Symptoms and Return to Play Time in Youth, High School, and College American Football Athletes." JAMA Pediatrics (2016).

    Brett, B.L., Smyke. N., Solomon, G.S., Baughman, B., & Schatz, P. Long-term stability and reliability of baseline cognitive assessments in high school athletes using ImPACT at 1, 2, and 3-year test-retest intervals. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, in press.

    Yengo-Kahn, A.M., Zuckerman, S.L., Zalneraitis, B.H., Gardner, R.M., Kerr, Z.Y., & Solomon, G.S.  Performance following a first professional concussion among National Basketball Association players. The Physician and Sportsmedicine, in press.

    Zuckerman, S. L., Wegner, A. M., Roos, K. G., Djoko, A., Dompier, T. P., & Kerr, Z. Y. (2016). Injuries sustained in National Collegiate Athletic Association men's and women's basketball, 2009/2010–2014/2015. British Journal of Sports Medicine, in press.

    Odom, M.J., Lee, Y.M., Zuckerman, S.L., Apple, R.P., Germanos, T., Solomon, G.S.,& Sills, A.K. (2016). Balance assessment in sports-related concussion: Evaluating the test-retest reliability of the Equilibrate System. Journal of Surgical Orthopedic Advances, 25(2), 93-98.

    Collins, M., Kontos, A., Okonkwo, D., Almquist, J., Bailes, J., Barisa, M., Bazarian, J., Bloom, J., Brody, D., Cantu, R., Cardenas, J., Clugston, J., Cohen, R., Echemendia, R., Elbin, R., Ellenbogen, R., Fonseca, J., Gioia, G., Guskiewicz, K., Heyer, R.,Gillian Hotz, G., Iverson, G. Jordan, B., Manley, G., Maroon, J., McAllister, T., McCrea, M., Mucha, A., Pieroth, E., Podell, K.,Pombo, M., Shetty, T., Sills, A., Solomon, G.,Thomas, D., Valovich McLeod, T., Yates, T., Zafonte, R. Concussion is Treatable: A Statement from the Targeted Evaluation and Active Management (TEAM) Approaches to Treating Concussion Meeting held in Pittsburgh,October 15-16, 2015. Neurosurgery, in press.

    Lee, Y.M., Stanko, K.M., Wu, A., Zuckerman, S.L., LaChaud, G.L., Solomon, G.S., & Sills, A.K. (2016). Obesity and neurocognitive recovery after sports-related concussion in athletes: A case-control study. The Physician and Sportsmedicine, in press.

    Brett, B.L., & Solomon, G.S. The influence of validity criteria on ImPACT test-retest reliability among high school athletes. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, in press.

    Kuhn, A.W., Zuckerman, S.L., Solomon, G.S., Casson, I.R., & Viano, D.C.  Interrelationships among neuroimaging biomarkers, neuropsychological test data, and symptom reporting in a cohort of retired National Football League (NFL) players. Sports Health, in press.

    Brett, B.L., & Solomon, G.S. Comparison of neurocognitive performance in contact and noncontact non-concussed high school athletes across a two-year period. Developmental Neuropsychology, in press.

    Kuhn, A. W., Yengo-Kahn, A. M., Kerr, Z. Y., & Zuckerman, S. L. (2016). Sports concussion research, chronic traumatic encephalopathy and the media: repairing the disconnect.

     

  • Solomon, G.S., Lovell, M.R., Casson, I.R., Viano, D.C., (2015).  Normative neurocognitive data for national football players: An initial compendium.  Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.  30;1-13.

    Zuckerman, S.L, Lee, Y.M., Odom, M.J., Forbes, J.A., Solomon, G.S., Sills, A.K., (2015).  Sports-related concussion in helmeted vs. unhelmeted athletes: Who fares worse?  The International Journal of Sports Medicine.  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0034-1395587.

    Solomon, G.S., & Zuckerman, S.L. (2015).  Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in professional sports: Retrospective and prospective views.  Brain Injury, 29, (2), 164-170.

    Love, S.M., & Solomon, G.S. (2015).  Talking with parents of high school football players about Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE): A concise summary.  American Journal of Sports Medicine, 43,1260-1264.

    Morgan, C.D, Zuckerman, S.L., Lee, Y.M., King, L., Beaird, S., Solomon, G.S., Sills, A.K. (2015).  Predictors of post-concussion syndrome (PCS) after sports-related concussion in young athletes: A matched case control study.  Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, 15, 589-96

    Zuckerman, S.L., Morgan, C.D., Burks, S., Forbes, J.A., Chambless, L.B., Solomon, G.S., & Sills, A.K. (2015). Functional and structural traumatic brain injury in equestrian sports: A review of the literature.  World Neurosurgery, in press.

    Solomon, G.S., & Sills, A.K. (2015).  A retrospective review of concussion in American football, 1900-1959: What was suggested then we know now.  Physician and Sports Medicine, in press.

    Yengo-Kahn, A., Johnson, D., Zuckerman, S.L., & Solomon, G.S. (2015).  Concussion in the NFL: A Current Concepts review.  American Journal of Sports Medicine, in press.

    Odom, M.J., Lee, Y.M., Zuckerman, S.L., Apple, R.P., Germanos, T., Solomon, G.S., & Sills, A.K. (2015). Balance assessment in sports-related concussion: Evaluating the test-retest reliability of the Equilibrate System.  Journal of Surgical Orthopedic Advances, in press.

    Kuhn, A.W., & Solomon, G.S. (2015).  Concussion in the National Hockey League (NHL): A systemic review of the literature.   Concussion, in press.

    Militana, A.R., Donahue, M.J., Sills, A.K., Solomon, G.S., Gregory, A.J., Strother, M.K., Morgan, V.L. (2015).   Alterations in default-mode network connectivity may be influenced by cerebrovascular changes within one week of sports-related concussion in college varsity athletes: a pilot study.  Brain Imaging and Behavior, in press.

     

  • Solomon, G.S., Kuhn, A., (2014).  Relationship between concussion history and neurocognitive test performance in national football league draft picks.  American Journal of Sports Medicine.  Vol. XX, No. X.  DOI: 10.1177/0363546513518742

    Solomon, G.S., Zuckerman, S.L., (2014).  Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in professional sports: Retrospective and prospective views.  Brain Injury.  Early online: 1-7. DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2014.965205.

    Foley, C, Gregory, A., Solomon, G.S., (2014). Young age as a modifying factor in sports concussion management: What is the evidence? American College of Sports Medicine. 13(6); 390-394.

    Lee, Y.M., Solomon, G.S., Sills, A.K., (2014).  Recognizing and treating concussions related to sports injuries. PracticalPainManagement.com.  [in press]

    Schatz, P., Kelley, T., Ott, S., Solomon, G.S., Elbin, R.J., Higgins, K., Moser, R.S., (2014).  Utility of repeated assessement after invalid baseline performance.  Journal of Athletic Training.  49(3):000-000, doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-49.3.37

    Kuhn, A.W., Solomon, G.S., (2014).  Supervision and computerized neurocognitive baseline test performance in high school athletes: An initial investigation.  Journal of Athletic Training.  49(3):000-000.  doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-49.3.66

    Diamond, A.B., Solomon, G.S., (2014).  Modifying factors in sports-related concussion: Dangerous style of play.  The Physician and Sportsmedicine.  Volume 42, Issue 3, September, ISSN-0091-3847

    Solomon, G.S., Sills, A.K., (2014).  Chronic traumatic encephalopathy and the availablity cascade.  The Physician and Sportsmedicine.  Volume 42, Issue 3, September, ISSN-0091-3847

    Love, S., Solomon, G.S., (2014).  Talking with parents of high school football players about chronic traumatic encephalopathy.  The American Journal of Sports Medicine, Vol.XX, No.X. DOI: 10.1177/0363546514535187

     

  • Solomon, G.S., Haase, R.F., Kuhn, A.  (2013).  The relationship among neurocognitive performances and biopsychosocial characteristics of elite national football league draft picks: An exploratory investigation. Archives of Clinical Neurospshycology, 28, 9-20.  PMID: 23220623.

    Provvidenza C, Engebretsen L, Tator C, Kissick J, McCrory P, Sills A, Johnston KM. From consensus to action: knowledge transfer, education, and influencing policy on sports concussion. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2013 Jan 24. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 23349319.

    Solomon, G.S. & Sills, A.K. (2013).  Pharmacologic treatment of sport-related concussion: A review.   Journal of Surgical Orthopedic Advances.  [in press]

    Lee YM, Odom MJ, Zuckerman SL, Solomon GS. The Impact of Age in Symptom Recovery After Sports-Related Concussion. Accepted to: Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics.

    Zuckerman, S.L., Lee, Y.M., Odom, M.K., Solomon, G.S., Sills, A.K.  (2013).   Baseline neurocognitive scores in athletes with attention deficit spectrum disorders and/or learding disabilities. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics.  [in press]

    Zuckerman, S.L., Apple, R.P., Odom, M.J., Lee, Y.M., Solomon, G.S., Sills, A.K. (2013).  Effect of sex on symptoms and return to baseline in sports-related concussion.  Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics.  DOI: 10.3171/2013.9.PEDS13257

    McClure, D.J., Zuckerman, S.L., Kutscher, S.J., Gregory, A.J., Solomon, G.S. (2013).  Baseline neurocognitive test results in non-concussed athletes: Does sleep matter?  American Journal of Sports Medicine.  Nov 20. [Epub ahead of print] PMID:24256713

    Forbes JA, Zuckerman SL, Alba AA, Mocco J, Bode K, Eads T.  Biomechanics of subdural hemorrhage in American football: Review of the literature in response to rise in incidence.  Childs Nerv Syst. 2013 Nov 17. [Epub ahead of print]  PMID: 24240553  

    Forbes, J.A., Zuckerman, S.L., He, L., McCalley, E., Lee, Y.M., Solomon, G.S., Halstead, P.D., Sills, A.K.  (2013).  Subdural hemmorrhage in two high-school football players: Post-injury helmet testing.  Pediatric Neurosurgery. October 29. [Epub ahead of print]  PMID: 24192427

    Lee, Y.M., Odom, M.J., Zuckerman, S.L., Solomon, G.S., Sills, A.K. (2013).  Does age affect symptom recovery after sports-related concussion? A study of high school and college athletes.  Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. September 24. [Epub ahead of print]  PMID:24063601  

    Ott, S., Schatz, P., Solomon, G., Ryan, J.J. (2014).  Neurocognitive performance and symptoms profiles of Spanish-speaking Hispanic athletes on the ImPACT test.  Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.  January 2. doi:10.1093/arclin/act091

    Sills AK, Solomon GS. The neurosugeon in sport: An update from the 2012 Zurich international concussion conference.  Neurosurgery.  [Epub ahead of print] DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000152

    Kuhn A, Solomon GS. The effects of supervision on computerized neurocognitive baseline test performance in high school athletes.  Journal of Athletic Training. [in press]

    Lovell, M.R., & Solomon, G.S.  (2013).  Neurocognitive test performance and symptom reporting in cheerleaders with concussions.  The Journal of Pediatrics. [in press]

    Solomon, G.S., & Zuckerman, S.L.  Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in professional sports: History, summary, and questions. Brain Injury.  [in press]

    Zuckerman, S.L., Solomon, G.S., Sills, A.K.  (2013).  Letter to the Editor.  Nuerosurgical Focus, 34.

    Schatz, P., Kelley, T., Ott, S., Solomon, G., Elbin, R.J., Higgins, K.L., Moser, R. (2013).  Utility of repeat assessment following invalid baseline performance.  Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. [in press]

  • Zuckerman S., Forbes J., Solomon G., Haase R., Sills, A., Lovell, M. (2012).  Response to acute concussive injury in soccer players: Is gender a modifying factor? Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. 10, 504-510.  PMID: 23030348.

    Zuckerman, S.L., Odom, M.J., Lee, Y.M., Solomon, G.S., Forbes, J.A., Sills, A.K. (2012).  Recovery from sports-related concussion: Days to return to baseline in adolescents vs. young adults. Surgical Neurology International.  3, 130.  PMID: 23227435.

    Zuckerman, S.L., Kuhn, A.W., Dewan, M.C., Morone, P.J., Forbes, .J.A, Solomon, G.S., Sills, A.K.  (2012).  Structural Brain Injury in Sport-Related Concussion. Neurosurgical Focus, 33(6), E6.  PMID: 23199429.

    Schatz P, Moser RS, Solomon GS, Ott SD, & Karpf R. (2012).  Prevalence of invalid baseline neurocognitive test results in high school and college students.  Journal of Athletic Training. 47, 289-296.

    Forbes, J.A., Awad, Ahmed, Zuckerman, S.L., Carr, K., Cheng, J.S. (2012).  Association between translational acceleration, rotational acceleration and concussion in helmeted collisions: literature review. Neurosurgical Focus. 33(6):E10: 1-6. PMID: 23199422.