https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/944365

 

 News Release 23-Feb-2022
Cognitive brain function in youth football players can be impaired by repetitive “subconcussive” head impacts
Peer-Reviewed Publication

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The research team monitored the brain vital signs of 15 male youth football players (age 14 or under) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, during pre- and post-season play who did not sustain a concussion diagnosis during the season.

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The results of this youth football Brain Communications study showed:

    Significant brain vital sign changes in pre-to-post season cognitive processing speed.
    A significant relationship between the subconcussive brain vital sign changes and head impact exposures as measured by the total number of head impacts as well as number of games and/or practices over the season.
    The authors noted that the brain vital sign changes and total number of head impacts for the football players closely related with the results from older, Junior-A, ice hockey players from a previous study.

 

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