Neurocognitive functioning and symptoms across levels of collision and contact in male high school athletes.
Jessie R OldhamDavid HowellCorey LanoisPaul BerknerGrant L IversonRebekah MannixWilliam MeehanPublished in: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry (2022)
There are minimal observed differences in performance on neurocognitive assessments between collision sport, contact sport and non-contact sport athletes. The repetitive subconcussive head impacts associated with collision sport participation do not appear to negatively affect self-reported symptoms or neurocognitive functioning in current youth athletes.