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The Cégep de Thetford (Thetford College) is proud to announce the innovative measures taken by their Therapeutic Staff in care of its sports teams in handling head injuries, including concussions in athletes comprising the Filons teams. It is wrong to believe that concussions affect only...

Good News for Athletic Trainers & Team Physicians: Baseline & Return-to-Play Concussion Assessments Now Made Easier Tekscan announces the release of its SportsAT™ Software, the first and only objective computerized testing for balance assessments. SportsAT includes a set of standardized test...

FlexiForce™'s New ESS301 Sensor: Better Sensor Performance in High Humidity & Temperatures The new ESS301 sensor is made from Tekscan's new Enhanced Stability Series (ESS) pressure sensitive ink that allows for the same high quality performance as our other standard sensors, but with the added...

Tekscan introduces two new software add-ons: the Pressure Mapping Software Development Kit (SDK) and the Data Reader Toolkit (DRT). These products allow users to access and manipulate Tekscan software functions, allowing more control over the acquisition and analysis of pressure data. Pressure...

Sports Science answers long-standing questions that exist in the athletic world, such as: What hits the hardest - a NFL linebacker's blindside hit on an unsuspecting quarterback or a MLB base runner barreling into a catcher? Theories are tested using professional athletes in a sports laboratory that...

The Journal of Craniomandibular Practice released a study by Dr. Robert Kerstein & Dr. John Radke entitled "Clinician Accuracy When Subjectively Interpreting Articulating Paper Markings"* The purpose of this study was to determine whether subjective interpretation of paper markings is a reliable...

David Anderson, professor of clinical sciences at Kansas State University, is heading a team of researchers in an effort to create technology that will detect and prevent lameness in cattle before it leads to serious complications or death. Anderson and his team use the Animal Walkway™ System to...

Summary The purpose of this study was to determine whether subjective interpretation of paper markings is a reliable method for identifying the relative occlusal force content of tooth contacts. Two-hundred and ninety-five clinicians selected the “Most Forceful” and “Least Forceful” occlusal...

Balance, Concussion & Testing Over the past several years, there has been an increased focus on better understanding and assessing concussions in sports. Professional, college and high school teams and sports medicine clinicians are doing more and more to ensure that athletes do not return to play...

Plantar Pressure Sensing Confirms Insole Design The F-Scan™ plantar pressure analysis system was used by world-renowned podiatrist Howard Dananberg, DPM, to analyze the effectiveness of insole inserts for high heels. The F-Scan captures dynamic plantar pressure and force information using extremely...