NDLI: Cortical thinning in former professional soccer players

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Author	Koerte, Inga K. Mayinger, Michael Muehlmann, Marc Kaufmann, David Lin, Alexander P. Steffinger, Denise Fisch, Barbara Rauchmann, Boris Stephan Immler, Stefanie Karch, Susanne Heinen, Florian R. Ertl Wagner, Birgit Reiser, Maximilian Stern, Robert A. Zafonte, Ross Shenton, Martha E.
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. Soccer players are at high risk for repetitive subconcussive head impact when heading the ball. Whether this leads to long-term alterations of the brain’s structure associated with cognitive decline remains unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate cortical thickness in former professional soccer players using high-resolution structural MR imaging. Fifteen former male professional soccer players (mean age 49.3 [SD 5.1] years) underwent high-resolution structural 3 T MR imaging, as well as cognitive testing. Fifteen male, age-matched former professional non-contact sport athletes (mean age 49.6 [SD 6.4] years) served as controls. Group analyses of cortical thickness were performed using voxel-based statistics. Soccer players demonstrated greater cortical thinning with increasing age compared to controls in the right inferolateral-parietal, temporal, and occipital cortex. Cortical thinning was associated with lower cognitive performance as well as with estimated exposure to repetitive subconcussive head impact. Neurocognitive evaluation revealed decreased memory performance in the soccer players compared to controls. The association of cortical thinning and decreased cognitive performance, as well as exposure to repetitive subconcussive head impact, further supports the hypothesis that repetitive subconcussive head impact may play a role in early cognitive decline in soccer players. Future studies are needed to elucidate the time course of changes in cortical thickness as well as their association with impaired cognitive function and possible underlying neurodegenerative process.
Starting Page	792
Ending Page	798
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISSN	19317557
Journal	Brain Imaging and Behavior
Volume Number	10
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	19317565
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2015-08-19
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Repetitive subconcussive head impact Soccer Cortical thickness Aging Traumatic brain injury Neurosciences Neuroradiology Neuropsychology Psychiatry
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Neurology Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging Cognitive Neuroscience Behavioral Neuroscience Neurology (clinical) Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Psychiatry and Mental Health

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