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Neurocognitive functioning and symptoms across levels of collision and contact in male high school athletes.

Jessie R OldhamDavid HowellCorey LanoisPaul BerknerGrant L IversonRebekah MannixWilliam Meehan
Published 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.
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