Alyssa Memmini, a member of Concussion Alliance’s Expert Advisory Board, recently led a team that developed a return-to-the-stage protocol for collegiate performing artists after a concussion.

Russell & colleagues’ 10-year epidemiological investigation into the medical records of Cirque du Soleil performers, published in Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach, identified a concussion incidence rate among Cirque artists numerically comparable to varsity and professional non-contact athletics, unique mechanisms of injury in circus that remain overlooked, and significant time loss before safe return to performance.