ArticleRehabilitation research and practice2012
Possible lingering effects of multiple past concussions.
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- Long-term effects of multiple concussions on prefrontal cortex oxygenation during neurovascular coupling activation in retired male contact sport athletes.Current research in physiology · 2022Article
- A Normative Reference vs. Baseline Testing Compromise for ImPACT: The CARE Consortium Multiple Variable Prediction (CARE-MVP) Norms.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Article
- Remote concussion history does not affect visually-guided reaching in young adult females.Concussion (London, England) · 2019Article
- A Description and Evaluation of the Concussion Education Application HEADS UP Rocket Blades.Health promotion practice · 2019Article
- Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Burden Moderates the Relationship Between Cognitive Functioning and Suicidality in Iraq/Afghanistan-Era Veterans.Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS · 2019Article
- Population-based cohort study of the impacts of mild traumatic brain injury in adults four years post-injury.PloS one · 2018Article
- Talking with young children about concussions: an exploratory study.Child: care, health and development · 2017Article
- Fear learning alterations after traumatic brain injury and their role in development of posttraumatic stress symptoms.Depression and anxiety · 2017Article
- A case matched study examining the reliability of using ImPACT to assess effects of multiple concussions.BMC psychology · 2017Article
- Consistency of Self-Reported Concussion History in Adolescent Athletes.Journal of neurotrauma · 2017Article
- Multiple Past Concussions in High School Football Players: Are There Differences in Cognitive Functioning and Symptom Reporting?The American journal of sports medicine · 2016Article
- Concussion in the National Hockey League: a systematic review of the literature.Concussion (London, England) · 2016Review
- Greater neurobehavioral deficits occur in adult mice after repeated, as compared to single, mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI).Behavioural brain research · 2016Article
- Persistent problems 1 year after mild traumatic brain injury: a longitudinal population study in New Zealand.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2016Article
- Imaging Correlates of Memory and Concussion History in Retired National Football League Athletes.JAMA neurology · 2015Article
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Abstract
Background. The literature on lingering or "cumulative" effects of multiple concussions is mixed. The purpose of this study was to examine whether athletes with a history of three or more concussions perform more poorly on neuropsychological testing or report more subjective symptoms during a baseline, preseason evaluation. Hypothesis. Athletes reporting three or more past concussions would perform more poorly on preseason neurocognitive testing. Study Design. Case-control study. Methods. An archival database including 786 male athletes who underwent preseason testing with a computerized battery (ImPACT) was used to select the participants. Twenty-six athletes, between the ages of 17 and 22 with a history of three or more concussions, were identified. Athletes with no history of concussion were matched, in a case-control fashion, on age, education, self-reported ADHD, school, sport, and, when possible, playing position and self-reported academic problems. Results. The two groups were compared on the four neuropsychological composite scores from ImPACT using multivariate analysis of variance followed by univariate ANOVAs. MANOVA revealed no overall significant effect. Exploratory ANOVAs were conducted using Verbal Memory, Visual Memory, Reaction Time, Processing Speed, and Postconcussion Scale composite scores as dependent variables. There was a significant effect for only the Verbal Memory composite. Conclusions. Although inconclusive, the results suggest that some athletes with multiple concussions could have lingering memory deficits.
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