From Discovery to Recovery: A Debate About Translating Concussion Research into Clinical Practice
Abstract:
Since 2023, two new guidance documents related to sport-related concussion have been published. However, a gap exists between the most current recommendations from international and domestic governing healthcare bodies and what can be translated into clinical practice at in sport and non-sport related clinics. The purpose of this interactive “debate” is to address new evidence-based sport-related concussion recommendations and the practical implementation into clinical practice with a collegial debate between concussion researcher and a secondary school athletic training director. Our interactive session will highlight issues and provide solutions to fill the gap between research and clinical practice.
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss recent recommendations for sport-related concussion management.
- Critique barriers for the implementation of recent recommendations for concussion management at the secondary school level of sport.
- Describe ways to address barriers related to the implementation of evidence-based recommendations at the secondary school level of sport.
Level:
Advanced
Domain(s):
Domain 1: Risk Reduction Wellness and Health Literacy
Domain 2: Assessment Evaluation and Diagnosis
Domain 4: Therapeutic Intervention
Orthopedic Domain(s):
N/A
Keywords:
debate, concussion, evidence-based practice
CEUs:
1.0 Category A
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Course Expiration:
All sessions of the NATA 76th Symposia On-Demand must be completed by October 31, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. CDT.
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Jacob Resch, PhD, LAT, ATC
Jacob Resch is originally from Spirit Lake, Iowa. Resch completed his undergraduate degrees in athletic training and health promotions as well as his M.S. in Exercise and Sport Science at South Dakota State University. Resch then pursued his doctorate in exercise science at the University of Georgia where he investigated clinical measures of sport related concussion and became involved with the global efforts to expand the profession of athletic training.
Resch then joined the faculty of the University of Texas at Arlington for four years where he taught within the athletic training education program and conducted research addressing sport related concussion in middle school, high school, and collegiate athletes. In 2014, Resch joined the faculty at the University of Virginia's Department of Kinesiology where he continues to investigate clinical measures and recovery from sport related concussion and teaches withing the Kinesiology major and graduate athletic training and sports medicine programs.
The focus of Resch's research is to investigate the measurement properties of current and novel clinical measures of sport related concussion in athletes at all levels of sport as well as military personnel. Resch's previous studies have addressed the measurement properties of neurocognitive, balance and symptom measures in young and adult athletes. Resch is currently investigating novel biosignals inclusive of advanced neuroimaging, biofluids, and wearables that may provide insight into more efficient and cost-effective measures of sport related concussion to identify a sensitive clinical measure that aligns clinical and physiological recovery. Resch is also an active member of the National Athletic Trainers' Association.
John Reynolds, MS, ATC
John Reynolds, MS, ATC, VATL, currently serves as administrator for the Fairfax County Public Schools Athletic Training Program. Prior to becoming the program’s administrator, he spent 16 years as a secondary school athletic trainer at George C. Marshall High School in Fairfax County. As the program administrator, he works closely with the school division’s 50 certified athletic trainers, local school administrators and central office officials to promote effective, comprehensive care for more than 28,000 student athletic participants annually. In recent years, Reynolds served as president of the Virginia Athletic Trainers’ Association and was a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association’s Secondary School Athletic Trainers’ Committee. He currently serves on the Virginia High School League’s Sports Medicine Advisory and Coaches Education Committees and has worked extensively with the Virginia Department of Education and the Virginia Department of Health in promoting awareness about youth sports safety.