Prevention strategies and modifiable risk factors for sport-related concussions and head impacts: a systematic review and meta-analysis

PH Eliason, JM Galarneau, AT Kolstad… - British journal of sports …, 2023 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objectives To evaluate prevention strategies, their unintended consequences and
modifiable risk factors for sport-related concussion (SRC) and/or head impact risk. Design …

Translational research in traumatic brain injury

D Laskowitz, G Grant - 2016 - books.google.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) remains a significant source of death and permanent disability,
contributing to nearly one-third of all injury related deaths in the United States and exacting …

Leveraging football accelerometer data to quantify associations between repetitive head impacts and chronic traumatic encephalopathy in males

DH Daneshvar, ES Nair, ZH Baucom, A Rasch… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative tauopathy associated with
repetitive head impacts (RHI), but the components of RHI exposure underlying this …

Age of first exposure to football and later-life cognitive impairment in former NFL players

JM Stamm, AP Bourlas, CM Baugh, NG Fritts… - Neurology, 2015 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To determine the relationship between exposure to repeated head impacts
through tackle football prior to age 12, during a key period of brain development, and later …

What strategies can be used to effectively reduce the risk of concussion in sport? A systematic review

CA Emery, AM Black, A Kolstad, G Martinez… - British journal of sports …, 2017 - bjsm.bmj.com
Aim or objective To examine the effectiveness of concussion prevention strategies in
reducing concussion risk in sport. Design Systematic review according to the PRISMA …

Head-impact–measurement devices: a systematic review

KL O'Connor, S Rowson, SM Duma… - Journal of athletic …, 2017 - meridian.allenpress.com
Context: With an estimated 3.8 million sport-and recreation-related concussions occurring
annually, targeted prevention and diagnostic methods are needed. Biomechanical analysis …

Subconcussive head impact exposure and white matter tract changes over a single season of youth football

N Bahrami, D Sharma, S Rosenthal, EM Davenport… - Radiology, 2016 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To examine the effects of subconcussive impacts resulting from a single season of
youth (age range, 8–13 years) football on changes in specific white matter (WM) tracts as …

Age of first exposure to American football and long-term neuropsychiatric and cognitive outcomes

ML Alosco, AB Kasimis, JM Stamm, AS Chua… - Translational …, 2017 - nature.com
Previous research suggests that age of first exposure (AFE) to football before age 12 may
have long-term clinical implications; however, this relationship has only been examined in …

Abnormal white matter integrity related to head impact exposure in a season of high school varsity football

M DavenportElizabeth, T WhitlowChristopher… - Journal of …, 2014 - liebertpub.com
The aim of this study was to determine whether the cumulative effects of head impacts from a
season of high school football produce magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measureable …

Age at first exposure to football is associated with altered corpus callosum white matter microstructure in former professional football players

M StammJulie, K KoerteInga… - Journal of …, 2015 - liebertpub.com
Youth football players may incur hundreds of repetitive head impacts (RHI) in one season.
Our recent research suggests that exposure to RHI during a critical neurodevelopmental …