Welcome to the Colorado Concussion Research Laboratory

Lab Director, David Howell, PhD, ATC

David Howell Concussion Lab Members

Welcome to the Colorado Concussion Research Laboratory

Our research focuses on the diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of concussions. Overall, we seek to improve the clinical care for individuals who sustain a concussion by understanding ways to improve diagnosis, recovery monitoring, prognosis, and rehabilitation following injury.

The current projects we are working on include:

  • The role of physical activity and aerobic exercise to optimize healing after a concussion.
  • Movement deficits after a concussion.
  • Predictors of recovery and future injury risk after a concussion.
  • The physiology underlying post-injury deficits, and how treatment can modify physiological markers of function.
  • How sleep affects post-concussion recovery and clinical presentation.
  • How cervical spine dysfunction modulates post-concussion recovery.
  • Patient-specific factors that affect short- and long-term recovery.
  • Mental health difficulties are experienced throughout recovery and beyond.

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