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Open AccessIncreased brain age and relationships with blood-based biomarkers following concussion in younger populations
Brain age is increasingly being applied to the spectrum of brain injury to define neuropathological changes in conjunction with blood-based biomarkers. However, data from the acute/sub-acute stages of concussi...
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Approximating subject-specific brain injury models via scaling based on head–brain morphological relationships
Most human head/brain models represent a generic adult male head/brain. They may suffer in accuracy when investigating traumatic brain injury (TBI) on a subject-specific basis. Subject-specific models can be d...
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The Natural History of Sport-Related Concussion in Collegiate Athletes: Findings from the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium
Sport-related concussion is recognized as a significant injury with variable recovery rates.
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Correction to: The Effects of On-Field Heat Index and Altitude on Concussion Assessments and Recovery Among NCAA Athletes
The original article can be found online.
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The Effects of On-Field Heat Index and Altitude on Concussion Assessments and Recovery Among NCAA Athletes
Recent literature has indicated altitude may be a protective factor for concussion but it is unknown whether altitude or heat index affects recovery.
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Predicting Risk of Sport-Related Concussion in Collegiate Athletes and Military Cadets: A Machine Learning Approach Using Baseline Data from the CARE Consortium Study
To develop a predictive model for sport-related concussion in collegiate athletes and military service academy cadets using baseline data collecting during the pre-participation examination.
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Concussion Risk Between Individual Football Players: Survival Analysis of Recurrent Events and Non-events
Concussion tolerance and head impact exposure are highly variable among football players. Recent findings highlight that head impact data analyses need to be performed at the subject level. In this paper, we d...
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Estimated Age of First Exposure to Contact Sports and Neurocognitive, Psychological, and Physical Outcomes in Healthy NCAA Collegiate Athletes: A Cohort Study
Collegiate football players who started playing tackle football before age 12 years did not show worse neuropsychological test performance than those who started playing tackle football after age 12 years. It ...
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Acute Sport Concussion Assessment Optimization: A Prospective Assessment from the CARE Consortium
Numerous medical organizations recommend a multifaceted approach to the assessment of concussion occurring during sporting events. A number of tools are available to clinicians, with a wide breadth of sensitiv...
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Factors Affecting Head Impact Exposure in College Football Practices: A Multi-Institutional Study
Biomechanical data collected from head impacts in football have been used to characterize exposure and predict injury risk. This study sought to specifically quantify the factors that contribute towards player...
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Open AccessAccounting for Variance in Concussion Tolerance Between Individuals: Comparing Head Accelerations Between Concussed and Physically Matched Control Subjects
Researchers have been collecting head impact data from instrumented football players to characterize the biomechanics of concussion for the past 15 years, yet the link between biomechanical input and clinical ...
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Open AccessA cohort study to identify and evaluate concussion risk factors across multiple injury settings: findings from the CARE Consortium
Concussion, or mild traumatic brain injury, is a major public health concern affecting 42 million individuals globally each year. However, little is known regarding concussion risk factors across all concussio...
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Baseline Performance of NCAA Athletes on a Concussion Assessment Battery: A Report from the CARE Consortium
Sport-related concussion and repetitive head impact exposure in contact sports continue to receive increased attention in public and medical spheres. The Concussion Assessment, Research and Education (CARE) Co...
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Stability of MRI metrics in the advanced research core of the NCAA-DoD concussion assessment, research and education (CARE) consortium
The NCAA-DoD Concussion Assessment, Research, and Education (CARE) consortium is performing a large-scale, comprehensive study of sport related concussions in college student-athletes and military service acad...
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Open AccessCorrection to: Test-Retest Reliability and Interpretation of Common Concussion Assessment Tools: Findings from the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium
The article Test-Retest Reliability and Interpretation of Common Concussion Assessment Tools.
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Quantifying the Value of Multidimensional Assessment Models for Acute Concussion: An Analysis of Data from the NCAA-DoD Care Consortium
Many concussion assessment methods exist, but few studies quantify the performance of these methods to determine which can best assess acute concussion alone or in combination.
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Open AccessTest-Retest Reliability and Interpretation of Common Concussion Assessment Tools: Findings from the NCAA-DoD CARE Consortium
Concussion diagnosis is typically made through clinical examination and supported by performance on clinical assessment tools. Performance on commonly implemented and emerging assessment tools is known to vary...
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Open AccessA National Study on the Effects of Concussion in Collegiate Athletes and US Military Service Academy Members: The NCAA–DoD Concussion Assessment, Research and Education (CARE) Consortium Structure and Methods
The natural history of mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) or concussion remains poorly defined and no objective biomarker of physiological recovery exists for clinical use. The National Collegiate Athletic Asso...
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Manual Annotation, 3-D Shape Reconstruction, and Traumatic Brain Injury Analysis
Bitmask drawing is still the established standard for manual annotation of brain structures by experts. To alleviate problems such as bitmask inconsistencies between slices that lead to jagged contours in corr...
