Relative head impact exposure and brain white matter alterations after a single season of competitive football: a pilot comparison of youth versus high school football - Barber Foss KD, Yuan W, Diekfuss JA, Leach J, Meehan W, Dicesare CA, Solomon G, Schneider DK, MacDonald J, Dudley J, Cortes N, Galloway R, Halstead M, Walker G, Myer GD.

OBJECTIVE: Youth athletes are believed to be more susceptible to white matter (WM) degradation resulting from head impact exposure relative to high school (HS) athletes; this hypothesis has not been objectively tested. The purpose of this study was to dete...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news