The Mayo Clinic’s Sports Medicine Center is hosting a collaborative “Ice Hockey Summit: Action on Concussion” in Rochester, MN, October 19-20, 2010. The summit will bring together top scientists, trainers, coaches, officials and manufacturers from across the United States and Canada to discuss concussion-related issues, including the science of concussions, their impact, return to play guidelines, equipment manufacturing, rules and regulations such as body checking, and the challenges of officiating and enforcement.
Prof. Diane Wiese-Bjornstal and Dr. Nicole LaVoi from Kinesiology will be attending. Participants will develop an “Action Plan: Integrating Action Items into the Strategic Plan” and a strategy to share the plan with the hockey community. While the summit will focus on hockey, concussion-related topics will apply to all sports.
The summit is jointly sponsored by USA Hockey, the International Ice Hockey Federation, the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation, The Hockey Equipment Certification Council and supported by Team Wendy and the Johannson-Gund endowment.
The summit is offering a reduced registration rate of $25 for students or media representatives who are unable to afford the standard rate.
More information is available at www.mayo.edu/cme/sports-medicine.html