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ArticleNeurotrauma reports2022

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in High School Football Players: Brain and Cervical Spine.

Hon J Yu, Lara Wadi, Irene Say, Annlia Paganini-Hill, Daniel Chow, Arash Hosseini Jafari, Saifal-Deen Farhan, Shane Rayos Del Sol, Osama Mobayed, Andrew Alvarez and 8 more

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Article in Neurotrauma reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hon J YuDepartment of Radiological Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.
Lara WadiDepartment of Neurology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.
Irene SayDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.
Annlia Paganini-HillDepartment of Neurology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.
Daniel ChowDepartment of Radiological Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.
Arash Hosseini JafariDepartment of Neurology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.
Saifal-Deen FarhanDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.
Shane Rayos Del SolDepartment of Neurology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.
Osama MobayedDepartment of Neurology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.
Andrew AlvarezDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.
Anton HassoDepartment of Radiological Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.
Scott Shunshan LiDepartment of Radiological Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.
Hung DoCanon Medical Systems USA, Tustin, California, USA.
Dawn BerkeleyCanon Medical Systems USA, Tustin, California, USA.
Yu-Po LeeDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.
Lydia Min-Ying SuDepartment of Radiological Sciences, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.
Charles RosenDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.
Mark FisherDepartment of Neurology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.
University of California, Irvine · USCanon (United States) · USVarian Medical Systems (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Football exposes its players to traumatic brain, neck, and spinal injury. It is unknown whether the adolescent football player develops imaging abnormalities of the brain and spine that are detectable on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The objective of this observational study was to identify potential MRI signatures of early brain and cervical spine (c-spine) injury in high school football players. Eighteen football players (mean age, 17.0 ± 1.5 years; mean career length, 6.3 ± 4.0 years) had a baseline brain MRI, and 7 had a follow-up scan 9-42 months later. C-spine MRIs were performed on 11 of the 18 subjects, and 5 had a follow-up scan. C-spine MRIs from 12 age-matched hospital controls were also retrospectively retrieved. Brain MRIs were reviewed by a neuroradiologist, and no cerebral microbleeds were detected. Three readers (a neuroradiologist, a neurosurgeon, and an orthopedic spine surgeon) studied the cervical intervertebral discs at six different cervical levels and graded degeneration using an established five-grade scoring system. We observed no statistically significant difference in disc degeneration or any trend toward increased disc degeneration in the c-spine of football players as compared with age-matched controls. Further research is needed to validate our findings and better understand the true impact of contact sports on young athletes.

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adolescentconcussiondisc degenerationfootballMRIspinal cord injurysport-related injurytraumatic brain injury

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PMID35403100
PMCPMC8985528
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