Impact of repeated sportive chokes on carotid intima media thickness and brain injury biomarkers in grappling athletes.
Samuel J StellpflugKirsten A DalrympleDaniel StoneSamuel SouthgateDavid S BachmanRobert C LeFevereJaan HasanMichael D ZwankPublished in: The Physician and sportsmedicine (2024)
This study found no significant difference in CIMT and serum brain injury biomarkers between controls and grapplers with extensive transient choke experience, nor between grapplers with extensive past blunt head trauma and those without.