Concussion Videos & Publications


Videos


Video, Concussed 11 Year Old Student Athlete
Panama City - Childhood sports are a fantastic way for kids to learn teamwork and dedication. But stepping onto the field comes with risks. Now there is a test athletes can take before the season starts to help them recover in the event of a concussion, it's called ImPACT, a neuro-cognitive test.

Even E.R. doctors will tell you emergency room care for concussions doesn't cut it. When a child comes in with a head injury, the E.R. will do an MRI or a CAT scan. But the only way to accurately detect a concussion is by testing what the brain can do before and after injury. Click Here To View Video



US Navy League Video on Using Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) to effectively treat TBI/PTSD “Traumatic Brain Injury (Concussions) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder”.
   




Panel discussion Navy League Conference on "Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy (HBOT) for TBI/PTSD Traumatic Brain Injury (Concussions) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder”. This video features two of my HBOT patients, Brig. General Patt Maney and Linda Cope speaking for her son Sgt. Joshua Cope. Col. (Dr) James Wright MD is also on this video discussing the Wright/Zant published article on the TBI Airmen treated with HBOT. Brig. General Maney begins his discussion at 2:00 minutes on the video, Ms. Cope begins at 16:00 minutes and Dr. Wright begins his discussion at 48:00 minutes.


  




Video from NBC Channel 7 Panama City, FL on "The use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) to treat Traumatic Brain Injury (Concussions) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder". Two of Dr. Zant's patients are featured in the video along with himself. Patients are Sgt. Joshua Cope and Sgt. Brian Schiefer. 

 

 

 



Publications

“Case Report: Treatment of mild traumatic brain injury (concussion) with hyperbaric oxygen” 
Authors: Dr. Eddie Zant  MD, Col. (Dr) James Wright MD, Dr. Ken Groom PhD,  Robert E. Schlegel, Kirby Gilliland


“Science of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Traumatic Brain Injury (Concussion)"
Author: Dr. James Wright MD discussing a group of my military TBI patients and their successful treatment with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.


Publication of Dr. Paul Harch MD testimony to US House of Representatives 2010 on the safe and cost effective solution to Traumatic Brain Injury (Concussion)/Post Traumatic Stress Disorder with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT). 
In this article Dr. Harch discusses the Dr. Zant/Dr. Wright published case report on TBI/HBOT in the Press Release (page 30) and on pages 7, 8, 9, and 17 in the article.


“126 Former Players Sue NFL Over Head Injuries"
Former Washington Redskins quarterback Mark Rypien has sued the NFL over “repeated traumatic injuries to his head” sustained during his 11-season career.

Mr. Rypien is the lead plaintiff in a mass-tort lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Taking part in the lawsuit are 126 former players, including 14 other ex-Redskins, as well as Tony Mandarich and Todd Marinovich.

The lawsuit alleges that the NFL was aware of the risks of repetitive traumatic brain injury but hid the information and misled players, resulting in permanent brain damage or neurological disorders.


“Sensitivity and Specificity of Subacute Computerized Neurocognitive Testing and Symptom Evaluation in Predicting Outcomes After Sports-Related Concussion"
The use of computerized neurocognitive testing in conjunction with symptom clusters results improves sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of predicting protracted recovery compared with each used alone. There is also a net increase in sensitivity of 24.41% when using neurocognitive testing and symptom clusters together compared with using total symptoms on Post-Concussion Symptom Scale alone.