Even without concussion, athletes in contact sports may have brain changes

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-06/aaon-ewc061520.php


News Release 17-Jun-2020
American Academy of Neurology


Female college rugby players may have subtle brain changes even if they haven't had a recent concussion, according to a new study published in the June 17, 2020, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study compared rugby players to other female college athletes competing in the non-contact sports of swimming and rowing.

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