The Medical College of Wisconsin has developed an app that will make it easier to identify concussions.
The researchers' goal is to prevent further injuries, especially for young athletes.
"It's a lot of responsibility on coaches and parents to know the signs and symptoms, report, determine if someone should go back to play," says researcher Jen Hill.
"The signs and symptoms of a concussion, danger or warning signs for when you might want to go to the emergency department, and then sort of the normal recovery curve so people know what to expect," says Hill.
The brain injury research team put together the symptom checklist athletic trainers use, along with other medical information. They hope the app will make parents more comfortable about returning their kids to their sports.
Here's how it works:
You rank how severe the symptoms are using a number system.
The app helps you track symptoms day by day, graphing progress as you get better or worse.
It also gives you stages of getting back into action.
Research assistant Adam Pfaller says the bottom line is, be careful: "See if what the kid is saying matches up with a concussion and then if it does, when in doubt sit them out."
You can find out more about the STAC app on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/s.t.a.c./id1017359198?mt=8