Changes in the central nervous system in football players: an MRI study.
Andrzej UrbanikWiesław GuzMaciej BrożynaMonika OstrogórskaPublished in: Acta radiologica (Stockholm, Sweden : 1987) (2024)
Playing football can cause measurable changes in the brain, known to occur in patients diagnosed with traumatic brain injury. The present findings fill the gap in the literature by contributing evidence showing that playing football may lead to changes in the brain, without clinical symptoms of concussion.
Keyphrases
- traumatic brain injury
- high school
- end stage renal disease
- white matter
- resting state
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- systematic review
- magnetic resonance imaging
- peritoneal dialysis
- functional connectivity
- cerebral ischemia
- contrast enhanced
- patient reported outcomes
- depressive symptoms
- physical activity
- brain injury
- sleep quality