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Head acceleration event exposure and cognitive and functional outcomes: a comparison of multiple football seasons.
Head acceleration event exposure and cognitive and functional outcomes: a comparison of multiple football seasons.
- Source :
- Research in Sports Medicine; Jan/Feb2024, Vol. 32 Issue 1, p122-131, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Athletes in contact sports are exposed to repetitive impacts as an inherent part of sport. There is concern over the accumulative effect; however, much is still unknown regarding their short-term effects. This study investigated impact accumulation and outcomes over three seasons (2015, 2017, 2019) in NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision players. Impacts were recorded using helmet accelerometers, and virtual reality testing (VR) was done across the season. Incidence rates for impacts (total; ≥25 G to <80 G; ≥80 G) all significantly differed by season (p < 0.05). VR scores changed across the seasons, specifically significant decreases in spatial memory (p < 0.05) in 2015, significant changes in balance and spatial memory (p < 0.05) in 2017, and no significant changes in 2019. Linear regressions predicting VR change score by impact incidence rate were nonsignificant. Monitoring exposure to impacts and changes in outcomes is useful; however, results are fluid, and many factors could indirectly have protective effects on athletes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- HEAD physiology
COGNITIVE testing
DATA analysis
RESEARCH funding
FOOTBALL
FUNCTIONAL assessment
ACCELEROMETERS
KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
SAFETY hats
VIRTUAL reality
SPORTS events
ANALYSIS of variance
STATISTICS
FRIEDMAN test (Statistics)
DATA analysis software
COMPARATIVE studies
PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of acceleration
DISEASE incidence
REGRESSION analysis
BRAIN concussion
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15438627
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Research in Sports Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 174420943
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15438627.2022.2090249