Incorporation of concussion history as part of the LIfestyle for BRAin Health (LIBRA) modifiable factors risk score and associations with cognition in older former National Football League players.

Benjamin L BrettNeelum T AggarwalAvinash ChandranZachary Yukio KerrSamuel R WaltonJ D DeFreeseKevin M GuskiewiczRuben J EchemendiaWilliam P MeehanMichael A McCreaRebekah Mannix

Published in: Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association (2023)

Modified-LIBRA score, incorporating concussion history, may help monitoring risk status in former contact sport athletes, by targeting modifiable, lifestyle-related risk factors.

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