106| Sport Related Concussion – A Conversation With Dr. Michael McCrea
Navigating Neuropsychology
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The Role of Blood-Based Biomarkers in TBI and Concussion
The research on validation of these biomarkers has made really enormous progress in the last five years. There is work underway right now in partnership with Abbott Laboratories and other groups around the country and around the world to move these biomarkers into a point of care platform. These are meant to augment diagnostic confidence they're not to replace the clinician or clinical assessment and judgment but in the setting of mild TBI and concussion we have forever longed for some objective marker that I can incorporate into my assessment along with the subjective report of the athlete or the patient.
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