Injury prevention and performance optimisation in sports are evolving from generic strategies to more personalised, timely ...

Purpose To assess the sleep health of former professional football players (fPFP) and associate sleep and neurodegeneration characteristics, including clinical symptoms and cortical tau deposition.

Purpose The hippocampus, with its intricate wiring and thin blood-brain barrier, may be particularly vulnerable to sport-related concussion (SRC) and repetitive subconcussive impacts. This study ...

Purpose Prior evidence suggests that kynurenine pathway (KP) metabolites and peripheral inflammatory markers are associated with concussion history. Hormonal contraceptives (HC) also affect these ...

Purpose To examine pluralistic ignorance – the belief that peers’ views differ from one’s own – regarding concussion reporting among male professional rugby players in Major League Rugby (MLR).

Introduction and Purpose Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) participated in phase 2 of the Active Hospitals Project. A number of work streams were created, summarised in figure 1. A ...

Purpose Examine the influence of concussion history and current life stress on self-reported anxiety and depression in young adults. Methods This cross-sectional study included 75 young adults (70% ...

Purpose To explore the association between objectively measured screen time duration and type during the first week post-concussion and symptom resolution in youth. Methods We enrolled 83 youth aged ...

Purpose Concussions disrupt cerebral metabolism, leading to metabolic byproduct accumulation (e.g., lactate). Elevated lactate, alongside reduced N-acetylaspartate (NAA; marker of neuronal function) - ...

Abstracts: These abstracts are published as a service to attendees of the 2025 meeting of the Concussion in Sport Group (CISG). The mission of CISG is ‘to enhance the science and practice of health ...

Purpose Investigate the etiologies of exercise intolerance (EI) in pediatric patients with persistent post-concussive symptoms (PPCS). Methods Retrospective study of 54 pediatric patients, ages 9–18, ...