The Impact of Sport-Related Concussions in Pediatric Athletes

• In Event: Research in K-12 Education and Athletics: Past, Present, and Possibility

Abstract

Dr. Tamara Valovich McLeod, the John P. Wood, D.O., Endowed Chair for Sports Medicine and a professor in the Athletic Training Program at A.T. Still University, is a NATABOC certified athletic trainer and NSCA certified strength and conditioning specialist. She has been invited to present a paper based upon her research on the impact of sport-related concussions in pediatric athletes while examining possibilities for future study.

Dr. McLeod received her bachelor's degree in sports medicine from Mercyhurst College and her Master of Science in kinesiology from the University of Colorado. Dr. McLeod completed her doctor of philosophy degree in education with an emphasis in sports medicine from the University of Virginia. She is the director of the Athletic Training Practice-Based Research Network and director of the ASHS Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory. Dr. McLeod's research has focused on the pediatric athlete with respect to sport-related concussion, and she has a secondary interest in injury screening and prevention programs. She served as a certified athletic trainer at the high school, collegiate, and professional levels and as an instructor in the kinesiology department at the University of Virginia prior to joining the faculty at ATSU. Dr. McLeod was a contributing author for the NATA Position Statement on the Management of Sport-Related Concussion and on the Appropriate Medical Coverage for Secondary School-Aged Athletes. She also chaired the writing group for the NATA’s Position Statement on the Management of Pediatric Overuse Injuries.

Author

• Tamara Valovich McLeod, A. T. Still University