Sports-related concussion in youth is a major public health issue. Evaluating the diffuse and often subtle changes in structure and function that occur in the brain, particularly in this population, remains a significant challenge. The goal of this pilot study was to evaluate the relationship between the intrinsic dynamics of the brain using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (...

OBJECTIVE Cerebral concussion is common in collision sports such as football, yet the chronic neurological effects of recurrent concussion are not well understood. The purpose of our study was to investigate the association between previous head injury and the likelihood of developing mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's disease in a unique group of retired professional football play...

Copyright: © 2016 Erik Everhart D, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Sports-related concussions (SRC) are common, with 1.6 to 3.8 million occurring within the United States each year [1]. ...

The complex nature of the evaluation and management of concussion lends to controversy, and the immediate and long-term implications still are being investigated. Various types of protective equipment have been used as a means to prevent concussions, and protective equipment is being used more frequently in different sports. Recent investigations have suggested that a protective, but not preven...

results our study comprised 739 subjects (367 athletes and 372 non-athletes). among athletic university students, 152 (41.2%) participants complained of headache. such a complaint was present in 217 (58.3%) non-athletic university students. this lower prevalence of headache in athletes was statistically significant (p value < 0.001). among ten different sports fields, the prevalence of headache...

OBJECTIVE To investigate differences in clinical outcomes on the basis of gender and age after a moderate or severe concussion in a cohort of physically active subjects examined by a single clinician. DESIGN A descriptive, cross-sectional, retrospective chart review of consecutive patients. SETTING Outpatient assessments by a single clinician with expertise in sports concussion. PATIENTS ...

OBJECTIVES This paper provides an overview of the epidemiology of sport-related concussion and associated costs in New Zealand requiring medical treatment from 2001 to 2011 in seven sports codes. DESIGN A retrospective review of injury entitlement claims by seven sports from 2001 to 2011. METHODS Data were analyzed by sporting code, age, ethnicity, gender and year of competition for total a...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Approximately 400 000 students participate in US high school cheerleading annually, including 123,386 involved in competitive spirit squads. The degree of athleticism and the difficulty of cheerleading skills have increased in recent decades, renewing safety concerns. This study describes the epidemiology of high school cheerleading injuries and compares cheerleading i...

During the past decade, there has been a tremendous amount of research that has provided an increased understanding of the underlying pathophysiology and far-reaching clinical implications of concussion as a form of traumatic brain injury. In addition, there has been a huge surge of interest in and awareness of concussions, in part due to high-profile cases involving professional athletes. Thes...