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Chronic differences in white matter integrity following sport-related concussion as measured by diffusion MRI: 6-Month follow-up.
Lancaster, Melissa A; Meier, Timothy B; Olson, Daniel V; McCrea, Michael A; Nelson, Lindsay D; Muftuler, L Tugan.
Affiliation
  • Lancaster MA; Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  • Meier TB; Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  • Olson DV; Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  • McCrea MA; Department of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  • Nelson LD; Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  • Muftuler LT; Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Hum Brain Mapp ; 39(11): 4276-4289, 2018 11.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29964356
ABSTRACT
Recent studies demonstrated evidence of physiological changes in the brain following sport-related concussion (SRC) that persisted beyond the point at which athletes achieved full symptom recovery. Diffusion MRI techniques have been used to study brain white matter (WM) changes following SRC; however, longitudinal studies that follow injured athletes from the acute to chronic stages of injury are sparse. The current study explores potential persisting effects of the injury, which serves as a follow-up to our previous work that reported WM changes in the acute and subacute phase of SRC recovery. Concussed high school and collegiate football players (n = 17) and well-matched teammate controls (n = 20) were followed up at 6 months postinjury with diffusion tensor (DTI) and diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) as well as measures of self-reported symptoms, cognitive functioning, and balance. Results of tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) analyses revealed continued widespread decreased mean and axial diffusivity compared to control subjects in 6-month follow-up scans. On the other hand, kurtosis metrics, which were significantly higher in concussed athletes in the acute phase, had normalized. WM tract regions-of-interest (ROIs) were created from significant clusters in the TBSS analysis, and linear mixed effects (LME) analyses were used to look at longitudinal changes in these ROIs over time. LME analyses revealed few time × group interactions indicating findings were relatively stable over time. In addition, acute concussion symptoms predicted diffusivity measures at 6 months postinjury. Findings indicate that DTI and DKI may be useful tools in assessing concussion severity, recovery, and possible long-term effects of concussion.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Athletic Injuries / Brain Concussion / White Matter / Football Type of study: Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: Hum Brain Mapp Journal subject: CEREBRO Year: 2018 Type: Article

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Athletic Injuries / Brain Concussion / White Matter / Football Type of study: Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: Hum Brain Mapp Journal subject: CEREBRO Year: 2018 Type: Article