Exposure to American Football and Neuropsychiatric Health in Former National Football League Players: Findings From the Football Players Health Study

Background: Former American football players have a higher prevalence of cognitive impairment than that of the US general population. It remains unknown what aspects of playing football are associated with neuropsychiatric outcomes. Hypothesis: It was hypothesized that seasons of professional footba...

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Published in:The American journal of sports medicine 2019-10, Vol.47 (12), p.2871-2880
Main Authors: Roberts, Andrea L., Pascual-Leone, Alvaro, Speizer, Frank E., Zafonte, Ross D., Baggish, Aaron L., Taylor, Herman, Nadler, Lee M., Courtney, Theodore K., Connor, Ann, Grashow, Rachel, Stillman, Alexandra M., Marengi, Dean A., Weisskopf, Marc G.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Anxiety
Anxiety - epidemiology
Brain Concussion - complications
Brain Concussion - epidemiology
Cognition & reasoning
Cognition Disorders - epidemiology
Concussion
Cross-Sectional Studies
Depression - epidemiology
Football - injuries
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Post-Concussion Syndrome - epidemiology
Prevalence
Professional football
Quality of Life
Questionnaires
Self Report
Sports medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States - epidemiology
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