Traumatic brain injury: progress and challenges in prevention, clinical care, and research

AIR Maas, DK Menon, GT Manley, M Abrams… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has the highest incidence of all common
neurological disorders, and poses a substantial public health burden. TBI is increasingly …

Examining later-in-life health risks associated with sport-related concussion and repetitive head impacts: a systematic review of case-control and cohort studies

GL Iverson, RJ Castellani, JD Cassidy… - British journal of sports …, 2023 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objective Concern exists about possible problems with later-in-life brain health, such as
cognitive impairment, mental health problems and neurological diseases, in former athletes …

Neuropathologic and clinical findings in young contact sport athletes exposed to repetitive head impacts

AC McKee, J Mez, B Abdolmohammadi… - JAMA …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Young contact sport athletes may be at risk for long-term neuropathologic
disorders, including chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Objective To characterize the …

Perceived chronic traumatic encephalopathy and suicidality in former professional football players

R Grashow, DP Terry, GL Iverson, H DiGregorio… - JAMA …, 2024 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Participation in American-style football (ASF) has been linked to chronic
traumatic encephalopathy neuropathological change (CTE-NC), a specific neuropathologic …

Neuropsychological test performance of former American football players

ML Alosco, WB Barr, SJ Banks, JV Wethe… - Alzheimer's research & …, 2023 - Springer
Background Patterns of cognitive impairment in former American football players are
uncertain because objective neuropsychological data are lacking. This study characterized …

Transition-Related psychosocial factors and mental health outcomes in former national football League players: an NFL-LONG study

JD DeFreese, SR Walton, ZY Kerr… - Journal of Sport …, 2022 - journals.humankinetics.com
Transition from professional sport to nonsport endeavors has implications for postcareer
health and well-being of athletes. The purpose of the current study was to examine …

Investigating the association between subjective and objective performance-based cognitive function among former collegiate football players

AM Bryant, ZY Kerr, SR Walton, WB Barr… - The Clinical …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Studies have observed variable associations of prior contact sport participation
with subjective and objective measures of cognitive function. This study directly investigated …

[HTML][HTML] Subjective and performance-based cognition and their associations with head injury history in older former NFL Players

AT Allen, WR Cole, SR Walton, ZY Kerr… - … and science in …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose: Investigate the association between self-reported subjective and performance-
based cognition among older (50–70 years) former professional American football players …

Novel psychiatric disorders following mild traumatic brain injury: a retrospective multivariable analysis with screening recommendations

AM Ballatori, A Zargarian, A Haddad… - Neurosurgical Focus, 2023 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Concussions are a form of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) that most
commonly occur after blunt trauma to the head and may result in temporary loss of …

Dispersion-based cognitive intra-individual variability in former American football players: Association with traumatic encephalopathy syndrome, repetitive head …

C Altaras, MT Ly, O Schultz, WB Barr… - The Clinical …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Exposure to repetitive head impacts (RHI), such as those experienced in
American football, is linked to cognitive dysfunction later in life. Traumatic encephalopathy …