ReviewJournal of athletic training2017
Long-Term Cognitive and Neuropsychiatric Consequences of Repetitive Concussion and Head-Impact Exposure.
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- Diffusion Imaging of Sport-related Repetitive Head Impacts-A Systematic Review.Neuropsychology review · 2023Pooled it
- Head Impact Sensor Studies In Sports: A Systematic Review Of Exposure Confirmation Methods.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2020Pooled it
- Partner-inflicted brain injury may cognitively age survivors by over a decade.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- The study of epigenetic clocks in former professional contact sports athletes with repetitive head impacts.Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry · 2026Article
- A Novel Video-Based Method to Estimate American Football Helmet Pad Deformation During Impact Testing.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2026Article
- Injuries caused to others by recreational surfers in Australia.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2026Article
- Comparison of Six Data Cleaning Methods for Determining Repetitive Head Impact Exposure in Youth Tackle Football.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2026Article
- Factors associated with subjective cognitive complaints in former American football players.Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS · 2026Article
- Specific pre-injury migraine characteristics associated with worse concussion outcomes.PloS one · 2026Article
- Dose-dependent white matter changes associated with repetitive head impacts in former American football players.Brain communications · 2026Article
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- The Relationship Between Neurocognitive Function and Concussion in Women Professional Football Players: A Cross-Sectional Study.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Prediction of Symptom Burden, Cognitive Status, and Risk of Psychological Distress in NCAA Athletes with Sport-Related Concussion(s): Findings from the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2025Article
- Evolution of Research Published in Sports and Exercise Medicine Journals: A Quantitative Analysis of Global Trends.Sports medicine - open · 2025Review
- Concussions in Portuguese Professional Football: A Preliminary Epidemiological Study.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Smooth Pursuit Velocity After a Season of Repetitive Head Impacts in American Football Players.JAMA ophthalmology · 2025Article
- On-field Head Acceleration Exposure Measurement Using Instrumented Mouthguards: Missing Data Imputation for Complete Exposure Analysis.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2025Article
- Factors associated with concussion during combatives activities in a military training environment.Journal of sport and health science · 2025Article
- Correlating Magnetoencephalography, Diffusion Kurtosis Imaging, Biomechanics, and Neuropsychology in American Youth Football.Journal of neurotrauma · 2025Article
- Probing Modulation of Attentional Correlates with Aerobic Exercise in Individuals with a History of Concussion.Brain sciences · 2025Article
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Abstract
Initially, interest in sport-related concussion arose from the premise that the study of athletes engaged in sports associated with high rates of concussion could provide insight into the mechanisms, phenomenology, and recovery from mild traumatic brain injury. Over the last decade, concerns have focused on the possibility that, for some athletes, repetitive concussions may raise the long-term risk for cognitive decline, neurobehavioral changes, and neurodegenerative disease. First conceptualized as a discrete event with variable recovery trajectories, concussion is now viewed by some as a trigger of neurobiological events that may influence neurobehavioral function over the course of the life span. Furthermore, advances in technology now permit us to gain a detailed understanding of the frequency and intensity of repetitive head impacts associated with contact sports (eg, football, ice hockey). Helmet-based sensors can be used to characterize the kinematic features of concussive impacts, as well as the profiles of typical head-impact exposures experienced by athletes in routine sport participation. Many large-magnitude impacts are not associated with diagnosed concussions, whereas many diagnosed concussions are associated with more modest impacts. Therefore, a full understanding of this topic requires attention to not only the effects of repetitive concussions but also overall exposure to repetitive head impacts. This article is a review of the current state of the science on the long-term neurocognitive and neurobehavioral effects of repetitive concussion and head-impact exposure in contact sports.
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