Football and Brain Injury: Weekend Reading List

Here is a list of a few abstracts that caught my eye on the topic of football and brain injury risk.

I will be reviewing some of these in more detail for further discussion next week.

Clicking on the title will take you to the PubMed abstract. Selected abstracts have links to full text manuscripts.

This topic is an emerging area of interest and a easy summary of the state-of-the-art is "We have many unanswered questions".

Research is needed across many scientific domains including epidemiology, risk factors, detection, brain imaging and brain trauma biomarkers, genetics and treatment interventions.

Epidemiology of Sports-Related Concussion in NCAA Athletes From 2009-2010 to 2013-2014: Incidence, Recurrence, and Mechanisms.

A 20-Year Comparison of Football-Related Injuries in American and Canadian Youth Aged 6 to 17 Years: A Replication Study

Age at First Exposure to Football is Associated with Altered Corpus Callosum White Matter Microstructure in Former Professional Football Players

Thinner Cortex in Collegiate Football Players with, But Not without, a Self-Reported History of Concussion.

Concussions in the National Football League: A Current Concepts Review

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in contact sports: a systematic review of all reported pathological cases

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: clinical-biomarker correlations and current concepts in pathogenesis.

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