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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"subconcussion"”.
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Influence of Head Impact Exposure on Oculomotor Function and Pupillary Light Reflexes in Men and Women Soccer Players
Subconcussions in sport is a growing field of interest and concern as deteriorative effects of these impacts have been shown in athletes without a diagnosed concussion. Detecting subconcussions is extremely difficult and there is no standardized method to recognize these injuries. A first step in …
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Sex-Specific Head Impact Exposure in Rugby: Measurement Considerations and Relationships to Clinical Outcomes
… was aimed at describing sex-specific outcomes of subconcussion in a matched cohort of male and female athletes to gain a better sense of unhelmeted, sex-specific tolerance to head impacts. On-field data were collected from collegiate rugby players using instrumented mouthguards. Rugby involves …
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SUBCONCUSSIVE HEAD IMPACT EFFECT ON PLASMA EXPRESSION OF S100-BETA AND PINCH PROTEINS IN COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL PLAYERS
In this prospective longitudinal investigation of Division-I collegiate football players, the acute and longer-term effects of repetitive subconcussive impacts on plasma S100β and PINCH levels and concussion-related symptom score were examined. The first aim was to investigate the acute repetitive …
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A Novel Tablet Based System to Measure The Effect of Subconcussive Blows On Sensorimotor and Cognitive Functioning
<p>Concussions have become a major societal concern with studies showing detrimental short and long-term effects on cognitive and sensory functioning. More recently, research has begun to focus on “subconcussive” blows to the head. Subconcussive blows, which are common in many sports (soccer, …
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Modeling subconcussive and cumulative subconcussive impacts using a lateral fluid percusion injury device
Repetitive mTBI and concussion are a major risk factor for developing long-term cognitive and behavioral impairments. Curiously, cumulative head injuries sustained over an individuals’ career, involving contact activities (e.g. athletes and military personnel), are beginning to be implicated in …