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There are benefits to sport participation, and it is important for parents to be aware of concussion risks, how to avoid them, and the signs when they may have occurred.

How to avoid, recognize and treat concussion in sports

Kathryn Schneider, a researcher in the Faculty of Kinesiology, is part of an international team who shaped a consensus on recognizing and treating concussion in sport. Photo by Riley Brandt, University of Calgary

New consensus published on preventing and treating sport-related concussions

Cumming study identifies sports with highest concussion risk in youth

Calgary's first sport concussion clinic to open at university

July 2015: University of Calgary research funding from CFI