There are limited studies that deal with the acute and chronic effects that high collision sports have on neurocognitive function. This study used a standardized concussion assessment (SAC) test to examine the effects that participation in high school football and high school soccer has on athletes’ neurocognitive functions throughout a season.
Forty-six male high school athletes participated in this study: 30 football players, and 16 soccer players. Each athlete underwent baseline SAC testing and a variety of SAC tests three additional times throughout the duration of the season, approximately 3 weeks apart.
Data analyses of the SAC scores did not show any significant decrease in neurocognitive function in either the sport of football or soccer throughout a season. The results of this study conclude that participation in the sport of football and soccer does not have any effect on an athletes neurocognitive function throughout a season.
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Forty-six male high school athletes participated in this study: 30 football players, and 16 soccer players. Each athlete underwent baseline SAC testing and a variety of SAC tests three additional times throughout the duration of the season, approximately 3 weeks apart.
Data analyses of the SAC scores did not show any significant decrease in neurocognitive function in either the sport of football or soccer throughout a season. The results of this study conclude that participation in the sport of football and soccer does not have any effect on an athletes neurocognitive function throughout a season.
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Forty-six male high school athletes participated in this study: 30 football players, and 16 soccer players. Each athlete underwent baseline SAC testing and a variety of SAC tests three additional times throughout the duration of the season, approximately 3 weeks apart.
Data analyses of the SAC scores did not show any significant decrease in neurocognitive function in either the sport of football or soccer throughout a season. The results of this study conclude that participation in the sport of football and soccer does not have any effect on an athletes neurocognitive function throughout a season.
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