This is your brain on sports. Measuring concussions in high school athletes in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.

Concussions can have a negative impact on students' ability to perform in the classroom as well as on their health and well-being. Therefore, timely treatment is especially important. To better understand the scope of the problem in Minnesota, the Minnesota Department of Health piloted an online sports-related concussion reporting system in 36 public high schools in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.

Certified athletic trainers.

Certified athletic trainers optimize people's ability to participate in athletics or activities of work and life. Athletic training encompasses the prevention, examination and assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of emergent, acute, subacute, and chronic neuromusculoskeletal conditions. Certified athletic trainers play a key role in health care delivery today, and that role is expected to evolve and grow in the future.