Head Blows May Hamper Learning in College Athletes

Some football, hockey players show postseason decline, study finds

May 16, 2012 RSS Feed Print

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"The implication -- that there's no change with the ImPACT study, therefore there's no change in the brain -- is not a conclusion I would reach, unless there were no changes in the ImPACT test sequentially during that time," he said.

Results from this research can't be extrapolated to non-college athletes, the study noted. It was funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment.

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