Neuropsychological test performance of former American football players.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patterns of cognitive impairment in former American football players are uncertain because objective neuropsychological data are lacking. This study characterized the neuropsychological test performance of former college and professional football players.

Methods

One hundred seventy male former football players (n=111 professional, n=59 college; 45-74 years) completed a neuropsychological test battery. Raw scores were converted to T-scores using age, sex, and education-adjusted normative data. A T-score ≤ 35 defined impairment. A domain was impaired if 2+ scores fell in the impaired range except for the language and visuospatial domains due to the limited number of tests.

Results

Most football players had subjective cognitive concerns. On testing, rates of

SUBMITTER: Alosco ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9808953 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature