Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in High School Football Players: Brain and Cervical Spine
Football exposes its players to traumatic brain, neck, and spinal injury. It is unknown whether the adolescent football player develops imaging abnormalities of the brain and spine that are detectable on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The objective of this observational study was to identify pote...
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Mary Ann Liebert
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| author | Hon J. Yu Lara Wadi Irene Say Annlia Paganini-Hill Daniel Chow Arash Hosseini Jafari Saifal-Deen Farhan Shane Rayos Del Sol Osama Mobayed Andrew Alvarez Anton Hasso Scott Shunshan Li Hung Do Dawn Berkeley Yu-Po Lee Lydia Min-Ying Su Charles Rosen Mark Fisher |
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| description | Football exposes its players to traumatic brain, neck, and spinal injury. It is unknown whether the adolescent football player develops imaging abnormalities of the brain and spine that are detectable on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The objective of this observational study was to identify potential MRI signatures of early brain and cervical spine (c-spine) injury in high school football players. Eighteen football players (mean age, 17.0???1.5 years; mean career length, 6.3???4.0 years) had a baseline brain MRI, and 7 had a follow-up scan 9?42 months later. C-spine MRIs were performed on 11 of the 18 subjects, and 5 had a follow-up scan. C-spine MRIs from 12 age-matched hospital controls were also retrospectively retrieved. Brain MRIs were reviewed by a neuroradiologist, and no cerebral microbleeds were detected. Three readers (a neuroradiologist, a neurosurgeon, and an orthopedic spine surgeon) studied the cervical intervertebral discs at six different cervical levels and graded degeneration using an established five-grade scoring system. We observed no statistically significant difference in disc degeneration or any trend toward increased disc degeneration in the c-spine of football players as compared with age-matched controls. Further research is needed to validate our findings and better understand the true impact of contact sports on young athletes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-29568a5647f14ec68dcc2fb10dadcff32024-01-26T04:32:47ZengMary Ann LiebertNeurotrauma Reports2689-288X2022-03-013112913810.1089/NEUR.2021.0026Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in High School Football Players: Brain and Cervical SpineHon J. YuLara WadiIrene SayAnnlia Paganini-HillDaniel ChowArash Hosseini JafariSaifal-Deen FarhanShane Rayos Del SolOsama MobayedAndrew AlvarezAnton HassoScott Shunshan LiHung DoDawn BerkeleyYu-Po LeeLydia Min-Ying SuCharles RosenMark FisherFootball exposes its players to traumatic brain, neck, and spinal injury. It is unknown whether the adolescent football player develops imaging abnormalities of the brain and spine that are detectable on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The objective of this observational study was to identify potential MRI signatures of early brain and cervical spine (c-spine) injury in high school football players. Eighteen football players (mean age, 17.0???1.5 years; mean career length, 6.3???4.0 years) had a baseline brain MRI, and 7 had a follow-up scan 9?42 months later. C-spine MRIs were performed on 11 of the 18 subjects, and 5 had a follow-up scan. C-spine MRIs from 12 age-matched hospital controls were also retrospectively retrieved. Brain MRIs were reviewed by a neuroradiologist, and no cerebral microbleeds were detected. Three readers (a neuroradiologist, a neurosurgeon, and an orthopedic spine surgeon) studied the cervical intervertebral discs at six different cervical levels and graded degeneration using an established five-grade scoring system. We observed no statistically significant difference in disc degeneration or any trend toward increased disc degeneration in the c-spine of football players as compared with age-matched controls. Further research is needed to validate our findings and better understand the true impact of contact sports on young athletes.https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/NEUR.2021.0026adolescentconcussiondisc degenerationfootballMRIspinal cord injury |
| spellingShingle | Hon J. Yu Lara Wadi Irene Say Annlia Paganini-Hill Daniel Chow Arash Hosseini Jafari Saifal-Deen Farhan Shane Rayos Del Sol Osama Mobayed Andrew Alvarez Anton Hasso Scott Shunshan Li Hung Do Dawn Berkeley Yu-Po Lee Lydia Min-Ying Su Charles Rosen Mark Fisher Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in High School Football Players: Brain and Cervical Spine Neurotrauma Reports adolescent concussion disc degeneration football MRI spinal cord injury |
| title | Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in High School Football Players: Brain and Cervical Spine |
| title_full | Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in High School Football Players: Brain and Cervical Spine |
| title_fullStr | Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in High School Football Players: Brain and Cervical Spine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in High School Football Players: Brain and Cervical Spine |
| title_short | Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in High School Football Players: Brain and Cervical Spine |
| title_sort | magnetic resonance imaging findings in high school football players brain and cervical spine |
| topic | adolescent concussion disc degeneration football MRI spinal cord injury |
| url | https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/NEUR.2021.0026 |
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