Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41112115›Full record

ReviewNeurotrauma reports2025

A Comparative Neuroimaging Review of Repetitive Head Impacts and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury from Pediatrics to Professionals.

Natalie M Bell, Cameron Johnson, Fang F Yu, Jillian E Urban, Amy L Proskovec, Ananth Madhuranthakam, Joseph A Maldjian, Elizabeth M Davenport

Abstract readReview
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Review in Neurotrauma reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Natalie M BellAdvanced Neuroscience Imaging Research Laboratory, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8890-6840
Cameron JohnsonAdvanced Neuroscience Imaging Research Laboratory, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Fang F YuAdvanced Neuroscience Imaging Research Laboratory, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Jillian E UrbanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
Amy L ProskovecAdvanced Neuroscience Imaging Research Laboratory, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Ananth MadhuranthakamDepartment of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Joseph A MaldjianAdvanced Neuroscience Imaging Research Laboratory, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
Elizabeth M DavenportAdvanced Neuroscience Imaging Research Laboratory, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8765-6584

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) or concussion results from a bump or blow to the head followed by clinical symptoms. In contrast, repetitive head impacts (RHI) in sports result from a bump or blow to the head but are not accompanied by acute clinical symptoms. Neither RHI nor mTBI is detectable with traditional neuroimaging. Additionally, pediatric populations remain understudied in this field. Further research in pediatric populations exposed to mTBI/RHI is essential due to ongoing neurological development. This review aims to: (1) evaluate differences in neuroimaging findings in pediatrics and adults, (2) compare differences between RHI findings and mTBI findings within pediatrics, and (3) compare adult and pediatric studies across multiple modalities using the most current neuroimaging literature in the field of pediatric head injury. This narrative review will provide insight into future research directions of the field and potentially inform clinical considerations to be made in the future.

Indexed as

concussionfunctional neuroimaginghead impact exposuremedical imagingneuroimaging biomarkersneurologypediatric neurotraumaradiologysubconcussive head impacts

Identifiers

PMID41112115
PMCPMC12528852

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.