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San Diego State University Develops Objective Balance Test To Assess Concussions

The NFL, in combination with GE and Under Armour, has set aside a grand total of $60 million dollars in grant money for their Head Health Challenge—attempting to find an answer to the concussion problem plaguing the league.

But according to a team at San Diego State University, the solution to properly diagnosing concussions is as simple as $800 per team.

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Assistant Professor Daniel Goble has been working on his Balance Tracking System, colloquially called the BTrackS, since 2013. Goble gathered data on 500 student athletes, thanks to the SDSU athletic department, for a paper due out in the International Journal of Sport Physical Therapy in March.