The Sports Concussion Institute, located in Los Angeles, California, hosted the Fourth Annual Summit on Sports Concussion and Other Athletic Injuries Friday, May 14th, 2010. The purpose of the summit was to “advance current prevention, assessment, treatment research, scientific evidence and education” to all those with an interest in understanding sports-induced concussion.

One of the panel breakout sessions of the conference focused on advancing health and safety outcomes in historically female sports. It was the first time a breakout session focused specifically on issues related to females and sports medicine.

Panel of Experts Assembled on Reducing Catastrophic Injuries in Cheerleading

This year, speakers from across the country were invited to present on the topic of preventing catastrophic injuries in the sport of cheerleading. Leading the breakout session was the nationally renowned researcher and director of the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research from the University of North Carolina, Dr. Fred Mueller, MD.

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