Cognitive and psychosocial function in retired professional hockey players

Conclusions We found only subtle objective cognitive impairment in alumni athletes in the context of high subjective complaints and psychiatric impairment. Apolipoprotein 4 status related to psychiatric, but not cognitive status. These findings provide benchmarks for the degree of cognitive and behavioural impairment in retired professional athletes and a point of comparison for future neuroimaging and longitudinal studies.

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Source: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry - May 23, 2017 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Esopenko, C., Chow, T. W., Tartaglia, M. C., Bacopulos, A., Kumar, P., Binns, M. A., Kennedy, J. L., Müller, D. J., Levine, B. Tags: Cognition Source Type: research