Self‐Reported Head Trauma Predicts Poor Dual Task Gait in Retired National Football League Players
Abstract
Symptomatic head trauma associated with American‐style football (ASF) has been linked to brain pathology, along with physical and mental distress in later life. However, the longer‐term effects of such trauma on objective metrics of cognitive–motor function remain poorly understood. We hypothesized that ASF‐related symptomatic head trauma would predict worse gait performance, particularly during dual task conditions (ie, walking while performing an additional cognitive task), in later life.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Nov 29, 2019
- Source ID
- 10.1002/ana.25638
Entities
People
- Alvaro Pascual‐leone
- Brad Manor
- Hao Zhu
- Junhong Zhou
- Lewis A. Lipsitz
- Natalia A. Gouskova
- On-Yee Lo
- Ross Zafonte
- Thomas G. Travison
- Wanting Yu
Organizations
- Autonomous University of Barcelona
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Harvard Catalyst
- Harvard Medical School
- Hebrew SeniorLife
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
- National Science Foundation
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital