March 15, 2024NeurosurgeryOpen Access

178 Brains on the Pitch: Investigating the Neurophysiological and Neurocognitive Effects of Repetitive Head Impacts in Adolescent Female Soccer Players During a Single Season

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TOTaylor OrrUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center BBBenjamin L. BrettMedical College of Wisconsin KRKaylin Ryan

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Prospective cohort study finds stable neurocognitive and brain measures across a soccer season in adolescent female athletes, indicating minimal short-term neurologic changes.

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Neurocognitive performance remains stable across an athletic season without meaningful decline, showing no overt functional deficits.
Mean reliable change indices spanned -0.79 to 0.93 across evaluations, with paired testing revealing no significant shifts in transcranial magnetic stimulation measures.
Prospective cohort design tracked high school players across one season using pre- and postseason assessments of neurocognitive function alongside diffusion tensor imaging.

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Orr et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e73ed0b6db6435876b8325 https://doi.org/10.1227/neu.0000000000002809_178

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Prospective cohort study finds stable neurocognitive and brain measures across a soccer season in adolescent female athletes, indicating minimal short-term neurologic changes.

178 Brains on the Pitch: Investigating the Neurophysiological and Neurocognitive Effects of Repetitive Head Impacts in Adolescent Female Soccer Players During a Single Season

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178 Brains on the Pitch: Investigating the Neurophysiological and Neurocognitive Effects of Repetitive Head Impacts in Adolescent Female Soccer Players During a Single Season

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