ArticleNeurotrauma reports2020
Relation between Isometric Neck Strength and White Matter Organization in Collegiate Athletes.
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- Diffusion Imaging of Sport-related Repetitive Head Impacts-A Systematic Review.Neuropsychology review · 2023Pooled it
- Sternocleidomastoid muscle morphology is independently associated with neck strength and endurance in athletes and para-athletes.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Neck Strength Is Not a Protective Factor for Lower Repetitive Head Impact Exposure in Law Enforcement Cadets.Military medicine · 2025Observational
- American Football On-Field Head Impact Kinematics: Influence of Acceleration Signal Characteristics on Peak Maximal Principal Strain.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2024Article
- Where are We Headed? Evidence to Inform Future Football Heading Guidelines.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Review
- Association between white matter organization and cognitive performance in athletes with a history of sport-related concussion.Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology · 2021Article
- The relation between neck strength and psychological distress: preliminary evidence from collegiate soccer athletes.Concussion (London, England) · 2021Article
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Abstract
Soccer athletes frequently experience repetitive head impacts (RHI) during games and practices, which may affect neural integrity over time and lead to altered brain structure. Neck strength is hypothesized to limit the transfer of force to the brain and decrease the effect of RHI on brain structure. The goal of our work was to examine whether greater neck strength is associated with more intact white matter organization (WMO) in collegiate athletes exposed to RHI. Collegiate soccer (
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