Association between white matter organization and cognitive performance in athletes with a history of sport-related concussion.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Impairments in cognitive performance after sport-related concussion (SRC) typically resolve within weeks of the injury, whereas alterations to white matter (WM) organization have been found to persist longer into the chronic injury stage. However, longer-term associations between cognition and WM organization following SRC have not been studied. The objective of this study was to compare WM organization and cognitive performance in collegiate athletes an average of almost 4 years post-SRC to athletes with no history of SRC.

Method

National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III athletes (n = 71, age = 19.3 ± 1.2; 14 with self-reported SRC) completed a neurocognitive assessment and diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). WM organization was assessed by extracting m

SUBMITTER: de Souza NL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8720067 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature