Kelsey L McAlister, Wendy J Mack, Cynthia Bir, David A Baron, Christine Som, Karen Li, Anthony Chavarria-Garcia, Siddhant Sawardekar, David Baron, Zachary Toth, Courtney Allem, Nicholas Beatty, Junko Nakayama, Ryan Kelln, Tracy Zaslow, Ravi Bansal, Bradley S Peterson
INTRODUCTION: Repetitive, subconcussive events may adversely affect the brain and cognition during sensitive periods of development. Prevention of neurocognitive consequences of concussion in high school football is therefore an important public health priority. We aimed to identify the player positions and demographic, behavioral, cognitive, and impact characteristics that predict the frequency and acceleration of head impacts in high school football players. METHODS: In this prospective study, three cohorts of adolescent male athletes (N = 53, 28...
2023: PloS One