Simple Test May Help Judge Concussion in Athletes

Research has shown that even a couple days after symptoms are gone from a concussion that reaction time is slower. The tests used to show this use computers and special software. So Eckner and his colleagues created an inexpensive way to test this. It consisted of an string with a weight attached to it. The person would do a test at the beginning of the season and then do the test after they have had a concussion. If the time was slower after the test at the beginning of the season then they are not ready to play. IV: Way concussion is tested DV: Results of test. I think this was an good experiment. This could be improved by doing more trials.