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REPORTING FROM ... THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGY'S SPORTS CONCUSSION SYMPOSIUM

By Peter Keating

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Seven hundred and fifty-nine National Hockey League players have been diagnosed with concussions since 1997, according to data released for the first time by the NHL and presented Tuesday at the National Academy of Neuropsychology's Sports Concussion Symposium in New York. That's an average of about 76 players per season and 31 concussions per 1,000 hockey games—both figures that have remained fairly stable from year to year. "We should understand that concussions are an issue in hocke ...

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