“ Our study examined the effects in athletes five years after college graduation, a time when early interventions may be more helpful to lessen any long-term effects.”
In Former College Athletes, More Concussions Associated with Worse Brain Health
“ Our study examined the effects in athletes five years after college graduation, a time when early interventions may be more helpful to lessen any long-term effects.”
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In former college athletes, having had three or more concussions was associated with slightly worse physical, mental, behavioral and cognitive health five years after graduation, according to an article published in Neurology ®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
“ Concussions are prevalent among young athletes participating in contact and collision sports,” said study author Steven Broglio, PhD, of the University of Michigan Concussion
Center in Ann Arbor.“ While many studies have examined the effects of concussion immediately after injury or decades later, our study examined the effects in athletes five years after college graduation, a time when early interventions may be more helpful to lessen any longterm effects.”
The study involved 3,910 former college athletes, with nearly half being female. Athletes participated in 20 sports including football, soccer, volleyball, lacrosse, rowing, swimming,