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ArticleBrain injury2025

Differential effects of sport type on brain versus orthopedic injury and sports benefits in the adolescent brain cognitive development study.

Wenjing Meng, Florin Vaida, Emily L Dennis, Elisabeth A Wilde, Joanna Jacobus, Xia Yang, Michael Cheng, Emily A Troyer, Everett L Delfel, Tracy Abildskov and 3 more

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13 authors.

Wenjing MengGraduate Student Researcher, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
Florin VaidaDepartment of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
Emily L DennisDepartment of Neurology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7112-4009
Elisabeth A WildeGeorge E. Wahlen VA Medical Center, Department of Neurology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Joanna JacobusDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
Xia YangDepartment of Integrative Biology and Physiology, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Bioinformatics Interdepartmental Program, Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Michael ChengGraduate Student Researcher, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, Bioinformatics Interdepartmental Program, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Emily A TroyerAssistant Health Sciences Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
Everett L DelfelGraduate Student Researcher, San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego, California, USA.
Tracy AbildskovGeorge E. Wahlen VA Medical Center, Department of Neurology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
John R HesselinkDepartment of Radiology, University of California, La Jolla, California, USA.
Erin D BiglerDepartments of Psychiatry and Neurology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA.
Jeffrey E MaxDepartment of Psychiatry, University of California, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, California, USA.

Funding

Personalized Profiles of Pathology in Pediatric Traumatic Brain InjuryR01NS122184 · NINDS · UTAH STATE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM--UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI Emily Larsen Dennis, Elisabeth A Wilde · 2022 to 2026
$3.1M
Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and the ABCD Study: A Prospective Behavioral, Psychiatric, Neurocognitive, Imaging, and Genetic InvestigationR01HD105338 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI JEFFREY Edwin MAX · 2022 to 2026
$2.3M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD105338NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS122184
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSports participation benefits children but increases the risk of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) and orthopedic injury (OI). This study examines risks of mTBI vs. OI associated with specific sports and benefits of sports participation.

methodThis is a cross-sectional study analyzing baseline data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, with a sample of 11,055 children aged 9-10. Generalized linear mixed-effects models were used to examine whether the risks of mTBI and OI differed across individual sports.

resultsCompared to children who had not participated in climbing, those who participated had a higher risk of mTBI than OI (ratio of odds ratio = 1.881,

conclusionDifferent sports have distinct risks for mTBI and OI in children. Behavioral benefits of sports were more pronounced for children with mTBI than for uninjured children but similar between mTBI and OI groups. While causal connections cannot be established with the current study design, these findings suggest the need for sport-specific and injury-specific strategies to mitigate risks and maximize benefits of youth sports.

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Athletic InjuriesBrain ConcussionSportsAdolescentChildCognitionCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMalebehaviorMild traumatic brain injuryneurocognitionorthopedic injurysports

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PMID40890942
PMCPMC12795644

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