Repeated sub-concussive impacts and the negative effects of contact sports on cognition and brain integrity

M Ntikas, F Binkofski, NJ Shah, M Ietswaart - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Sports are yielding a wealth of benefits for cardiovascular fitness, for psychological
resilience, and for cognition. The amount of practice, and the type of practiced sports, are of …

Long-term effects of sport concussion on cognitive and motor performance: a review

DN Martini, SP Broglio - International journal of psychophysiology, 2018 - Elsevier
Motor and cognitive dysfunction is intractable sequela in the acute stage of concussion.
While typical concussion recovery occurs in two weeks, empirical evidence suggests that …

Head impact magnitudes that occur from purposeful soccer heading depend on the game scenario and head impact location

A Harriss, AM Johnson, DM Walton… - … science and practice, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose This study quantified the linear and angular kinematics that result from purposeful
heading during youth soccer games, and the influence of game scenario and head impact …

Effect of prior cues on action anticipation in soccer goalkeepers

Y Wang, Q Ji, C Zhou - Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives Visual kinematic information is crucial to successful action anticipation in
professional athletes. Here, we examined whether nonkinematic prior cues would influence …

Brain vital signs detect concussion-related neurophysiological impairments in ice hockey

SD Fickling, AM Smith, G Pawlowski, S Ghosh Hajra… - Brain, 2019 - academic.oup.com
There is a growing demand for objective evaluations of concussion. We developed a
portable evoked potential framework to extract 'brain vital signs' using …

Effects of sub-concussion on neuropsychological performance and its potential mechanisms: a narrative review

S Rawlings, R Takechi, AP Lavender - Brain Research Bulletin, 2020 - Elsevier
Concussion and mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) are recognised as serious medical events
that are relatively common in contact sports. Recently, the seemingly non-injurious …

Investigating effects of sex differences and prior concussions on symptom reporting and cognition among adolescent soccer players

BL Brooks, N Silverberg, B Maxwell… - … American journal of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: There has been increasing concern regarding the possible effect of multiple
concussions on the develo** brain, especially for adolescent females …

Heading frequency is more strongly related to cognitive performance than unintentional head impacts in amateur soccer players

WF Stewart, N Kim, C Ifrah, M Sliwinski… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Objective Compared to heading, unintentional head impacts (eg, elbow to head, head to
head, head to goalpost) in soccer are more strongly related to risk of moderate to very …

Psycho-affective health, cognition, and neurophysiological functioning following sports-related concussion in symptomatic and asymptomatic athletes, and control …

V Sicard, AT Harrison, RD Moore - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Little is known about the neuropsychiatric and neurophysiological differences that
characterize abnormal recovery following a concussion. The present study aimed to …

Subconcussive brain vital signs changes predict head-impact exposure in ice hockey players

SD Fickling, AM Smith, MJ Stuart… - Brain …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The brain vital signs framework is a portable, objective, neurophysiological evaluation of
brain function at point-of-care. We investigated brain vital signs at pre-and post-season for …