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April 1, 2015 update:
The March 31, 2015 NBC Nightly News featured a report on the King-Devick test. One important caveat, however: while the segment which appeared on air is accurate, the text accompanying the video on NBC's website [5] needs to viewed with a clarification: in asserting that King-Devick is a "reliable way to quickly diagnose a concussion" (emphasis supplied), it may mislead parents and coaches into thinking that they can use the test to make a clinical diagnosis that an athlete has suffered a concussion. They can't and they shouldn't. The test is a remove-from-play tool, not one which allows non-medical personal to actually diagnose concussion. That diagnosis can only be performed by a health care professional with appropriate training and expertise in diagnosing and managing sport-related concussion.
* July 12, 2015 update: In a July 10, 2015 blog post for Huffington Post, sports journalist Ken Reed also touted the King-Devick test, suggesting that it be used by every high school in the country. Interestingly, Reed makes no mention of the fact that the Smartest Team and MomsTEAM have been making exactly that recommendation for three years, thereby suggesting to readers that he was the first to do so. Even more interesting is the fact that Huff Po declined to run a blog post I submitted several months ago advocating exactly the same thing.
King-Devick article chronology
February 8, 2011: King-Devick Test Promises More Rapid, Reliable Sideline Screening for Concussions [6](mixed martial arts fighters)
August 31, 2011: New Study Confirms Value of King-Devick Test in Sideline Assessment of Concussion [7] (college athletes)
June 15, 2012 King-Devick Test Effective Sideline Concussion Screening Tool, New Study Finds [8](rugby)
August 26, 2012: King-Devick Testing Kits For Chicago Schools: Just One Tool In Concussion Tool Box [9] (football)
June 11, 2013: King-Devick Test: An Important Part of Sideline Concussion Screening Battery [10]
August 23, 2013: MomsTEAM Institute's documentary, "The Smartest Team: Making High School Football Safer" [4] premieres on PBS; prominently features King-Devick Test.
February 14, 2014: King-Devick: New Screening Tool May Dramatically Improve Concussion Detection Rate on Sports Sideline [11](rugby)
February 23, 2014: More Evidence That King-Devick Test May Help Identify Concussed Athletes On Sports Sideline [12] (college men's and women's soccer, women's lacrosse)
Links:
[1] http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/11/a-2-minute-test-to-detect-concussions/?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=0
[2] http://www.momsteaminstitute.org/momsteam-institute-boards-advisors
[3] https://mail.momsteam.com/health-safety/standardized-assessment-of-concussion-a-valuable-tool-for-sideline-evaluation
[4] http://www.thesmartestteam.com
[5] http://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/two-minute-sideline-test-could-be-best-way-to-id-concussions-419614787938
[6] https://mail.momsteam.com/health-safety/King-Devick-test-promises-rapid-sideline-screening-for-concussion#ixzz3UBBCBgdX
[7] https://mail.momsteam.com/health-safety/new-study-confirms-value-king-devick-test-in-sideline-assessment-concussion#ixzz3UBAvrTYO
[8] https://mail.momsteam.com/health-safety/king-devick-test-seen-as-effective-sideline-concussion-screening-tool-youth-rugby-study-finds#ixzz3UBBjOxDW
[9] https://mail.momsteam.com/blog/brooke-de-lench/king-devick-testing-kits-chicago-schools-just-one-tool-in-concussion-tool-box#ixzz3UBDONJEV
[10] https://mail.momsteam.com/king-devick-test-important-part-sideline-concussion-screening#ixzz3UBCpCeAq
[11] https://mail.momsteam.com/king-devick-new-concussion-screening-tool-may-dramatically-improve-detection-rate-sports-sideline#ixzz3UBBTLz70
[12] https://mail.momsteam.com/health-safety/more-evidence-that-king-devick-test-may-help-identify-concussed-athletes-on-sports-sideline#ixzz3UBCFZT8C