2015 Concussion Prevention and Diagnosis Workshop; Lowell, Massachusetts; June 2-3, 2015

脑震荡是一个重大的健康问题，该领域的研究越来越多。不幸的是，从事脑震荡相关研究的不同学科的研究人员往往不知道其他学科的知识现状。这次研讨会旨在促进关于脑震荡的来源、预防、诊断和治疗方面的知识现状的讨论，并为建立能够取得重大进展的新的工作组提供机会。研讨会的成果将包括了解具体撞击事件与由此造成的伤害程度之间的关系的途径、针对此类伤害的有效防护设备的设计，以及将健康监测设备整合到设备中的技术。研讨会将促进跨学科研究，预计将显著改进脑震荡的预防和诊断，从而使运动对运动员更安全，使战斗对士兵更安全。该研讨会还将帮助制定脑震荡预防和诊断未来研究和政策的路线图。跨学科脑震荡预防和诊断研讨会将汇集不同的受众和集体丰富的知识，以促进关于脑震荡的来源、预防、诊断和治疗的知识现状的讨论；确定研究差距；确定将为脑震荡流行提供解决方案的未来研究路径；生成一份报告，以协助资助机构确定研究举措；为新的工作组提供机会；并通过小组会议传播跨学科的知识。研讨会将包括跨学科小组会议和小组讨论会议。这四个小组会议将询问四个不同人口群体使用的方法，即青少年体育、高中和大学女性体育、职业体育和军队。在每一次会议中，目标将是确定跨学科研究的差距，并确定未来的研究道路。这些主题将跨越动力学、生物力学、传感器、生物工程、材料、医学和成像。

Concussions are a significant health concern and there is growing research in the field. Unfortunately, researchers who are in different disciplines and working on concussion-related research are often unaware of the current state-of-knowledge in the other disciplines. This workshop will aim to facilitate discussions about the current state of the knowledge with respect to the sources, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of concussions and to provide an opportunity for the establishment of new working teams that can make significant advances. Outcomes of this workshop will include pathways for understanding the relationship between the specific impact event and resulting degree of injury, design of effective protective equipment from such injuries, and technology to integrate health-monitoring devices into the equipment. The workshop will facilitate cross-disciplinary research that is expected to significantly improve the prevention and diagnosis of concussions, thus making sports safer for athletes and combat safer for soldiers. The workshop will also help the development a roadmap for future research and policy in concussion prevention and diagnosis.The cross-disciplinary concussion prevention and diagnosis workshop will bring together a diverse audience with a collective wealth of knowledge in order to facilitate discussions about the current state of the knowledge with respect to the sources, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of concussions; identify research gaps; determine future research paths that will provide solutions to the concussion epidemic; generate a report that will assist funding agencies in defining research initiatives; provide opportunities for new working teams; and disseminate knowledge across disciplines through panel sessions. The workshop will include cross-disciplinary panel sessions and small-group discussion sessions. The four panel sessions will interrogate the approaches used for four different population segments, youth sports, females in high school and collegiate sports, professional sports, and the military. Within each session, the goal will be to identify the cross-disciplinary research gaps and determine the future research paths. The topics will cross between dynamics, biomechanics, sensors, bioengineering, materials, medicine, and imaging.