Purpose To identify and evaluate the evidence that examines subconcussive impacts in
sport-specific settings, and address two objectives: a) to determine how 'subconcussion'is …

Long-term neurological damage as a result of head trauma while playing sports is a major
concern for football athletes today. Repetitive concussions have been linked to many …

The cumulative effect of repetitive subconcussive collisions on the structural and functional
integrity of the brain remains largely unknown. Athletes in collision sports, like football …

Soccer is the source of the highest concussion rates among female athletes and is
associated with neurological deficits at many levels of play. Despite its importance to our …

The short-and long-term impact of mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an increasingly vital
concern for both military and civilian personnel. Such injuries produce significant social and …

Studies of football athletes have implicated repetitive head impact exposure in the onset of
cognitive and brain structural changes, even in the absence of diagnosed concussion …

Repetitive head impact exposure sustained by athletes of contact sports has been
hypothesized to be a mechanism for concussion and a possible explanation for the high …

The attention given to brain injury has grown in recent years as its effects have become
better understood. A desire to investigate the causal agents of head trauma in athletes has …

As participation in women's soccer continues to grow and the longevity of female athletes'
careers continues to increase, prevention and care for mTBI in women's soccer has become …

Accumulating research demonstrates that repetitive sub-concussive impacts can alter the
structure, function and connectivity of the brain. However, the functional significance of these …