Response of protein S100B to playing American football, lifting weights, and treadmill running.
Matthew J RogatzkiSydney A KeulerAbigail E HarrisScott W RinggenbergRyanne E BreckenridgeJeffrey L WhiteJulien S BakerPublished in: Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports (2018)
It is unclear if the higher S100B concentration in football players playing at least 50 plays was caused by exercise or hits. Therefore, if serum S100B is to be used as a biomarker of impacts, and possible brain injury in sport, exercise time and intensity should be taken into account as confounding variables.