Association of Concussion Symptoms With Testosterone Levels and Erectile Dysfunction in Former Professional US-Style Football Players.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Small studies suggest that head trauma in men may be associated with low testosterone levels and sexual dysfunction through mechanisms that likely include hypopituitarism secondary to ischemic injury and pituitary axonal tract damage. Athletes in contact sports may be at risk for pituitary insufficiencies or erectile dysfunction (ED) because of the high number of head traumas experienced during their careers. Whether multiple symptomatic concussive events are associated with later indicators of low testosterone levels and ED is unknown.

Objective

To explore the associations between concussion symptom history and participant-reported indicators of low testosterone levels and ED.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study of former professio

SUBMITTER: Grashow R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6714010 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature