{"id":220347,"date":"2024-10-24T12:40:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T16:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=220347"},"modified":"2025-09-16T11:28:36","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T15:28:36","slug":"pinnacle-of-performance-caring-for-concussions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2024\/10\/pinnacle-of-performance-caring-for-concussions\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinnacle of Performance: Caring for Concussions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Concussions are common, especially in athletes. It\u2019s estimated that one in 10 athletes will experience a concussion during a sports season. With repeated concussions potentially causing long-term, life-altering effects, the process used to identify and treat them has received increased urgency and attention.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of Pinnacle of Performance, we look at the rule changes, equipment improvements, and stricter diagnostic protocols that are leading to better outcomes and sooner return to play for athletes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Pinnacle of Performance: Caring for Concussions\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZM1_n04FV9k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concussions are common, especially in athletes. It\u2019s estimated that one in 10 athletes will experience a concussion during a sports season. With repeated concussions potentially causing long-term, life-altering effects, the process used to identify and treat them has received increased urgency and attention. In this episode of Pinnacle of Performance, we look at the rule [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":220352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2288,2287,179],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[1867],"class_list":["post-220347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-neurology","category-orthopedics","category-uconn-health"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-12 15:59:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220347"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220351,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220347\/revisions\/220351"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/220352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220347"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=220347"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=220347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}