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A Case for Mental and Physical Rest in Youth Sports Concussion: It’s Never Too Late

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2012
Over the past decade, there has been a considerable increase in research on, and media attention to, sports-related concussion. However, despite accurate diagnosis, effective treatment and management of sports-related concussion have remained a ...
Rosemarie Scolaro Moser   +4 more
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Cumulative Effects of Prior Concussion and Primary Sport Participation on Brain Morphometry in Collegiate Athletes: A Study From the NCAA–DoD CARE Consortium

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2020
Prior studies have reported long-term differences in brain structure (brain morphometry) as being associated with cumulative concussion and contact sport participation.
Benjamin L. Brett   +16 more
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Concussions in young adult athletes: No effect on cerebral white matter

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2023
IntroductionThe media’s recent focus on possible negative health outcomes following sports- related concussion has increased awareness as well as anxiety among parents and athletes.
Linda J. Hoffman   +6 more
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Adolescents with a concussion have altered brain network functional connectivity one month following injury when compared to adolescents with orthopedic injuries

open access: yesNeuroImage: Clinical, 2022
Concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) with increasing prevalence among children and adolescents. Functional connectivity (FC) within and between the default mode network (DMN), central executive network (CEN) and salience network (SN) has ...
Katherine Healey   +4 more
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Evaluating the effectiveness of traumatic brain injury state laws among high school athletes

open access: yesInjury Epidemiology, 2020
Background Traumatic brain injury legislation varies across states. A comprehensive nationwide evaluation of state traumatic brain injury laws is vital given growing populations of high school athletes. This study evaluates the effectiveness of traumatic
Alan T. Arakkal   +4 more
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Linked MRI signatures of the brain's acute and persistent response to concussion in female varsity rugby players

open access: yesNeuroImage: Clinical, 2019
Acute brain changes are expected after concussion, yet there is growing evidence of persistent abnormalities well beyond clinical recovery and clearance to return to play.
Kathryn Y. Manning   +13 more
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Soccer heading and concussion are not associated with reduced brain volume or cortical thickness.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
Soccer is the most popular sport in the world and, since it is a contact sport, players are at risk for head injury, including concussion. Here, we proposed to investigate the association of heading and concussion with macroscopic brain structure among ...
Tiago Gil Oliveira   +4 more
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Diffusion tensor tractography characteristics of axonal injury in concussion/mild traumatic brain injury

open access: yesNeural Regeneration Research, 2022
The main advantage of diffusion tensor tractography is that it allows the entire neural tract to be evaluated. In addition, configurational analysis of reconstructed neural tracts can indicate abnormalities such as tearing, narrowing, or discontinuations,
Sung Ho Jang, You Sung Seo
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Sex & gender considerations in concussion research

open access: yesConcussion, 2018
The study of concussion, a common form of mild traumatic brain injury, has received increased notice over the last decade. Recently, more researchers have been addressing the historic paucity of attention over sex and gender influences on recovery ...
Tatyana Mollayeva   +2 more
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Factors affecting the concussion knowledge of athletes, parents, coaches, and medical professionals

open access: yesSAGE Open Medicine, 2017
Objectives: To determine the predictors of knowledge and awareness of concussion symptoms and outcomes through a survey of athletes, parents of players and coaches in sports settings in Canada. Methods: A cross-sectional survey of athletic communities in
Michael D Cusimano   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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