Five-Year Serial Brain MRI Analysis of Military Members Exposed to Chronic Sub-Concussive Overpressures.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Canadian Special Operations Forces Command conducts explosives operations and training which exposes members to explosive charges at close proximity. This 5-year longitudinal trial was conducted in follow-up to our initial trial which examined military breachers with MRI and EEG pre and post blast exposure.

Purpose

To examine brain MRI findings in military personnel exposed to multiple repeated blast exposures.

Study type

Five-year longitudinal prospective trial.

Population

Ninety-two males aged 23-42 with an average of 9.4 years of blast exposure.

Field strength/sequence

3 T brain MRI/T1-weighted 3D with reconstruction in three planes, T2-weighted, T2-weighted fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) 3D with reconstruction in three pla

SUBMITTER: Glikstein R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11645495 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature