Association of sports and physical activity with mild traumatic brain injury and behavioral and neurocognitive function
Participation in soccer and/or climbing showed positive associations with mTBI, while participation in yoga showed a negative association. Sports/PA participation was related to better behavioral/emotional and neurocognitive functioning, regardless of children's injury history.
Authors
- Tracy J. Abildskov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8065-9600)
- Jeffrey E. Max (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6566-1585)
- Emily L. Dennis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7112-4009)
- Florin Vaida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2256-4611)
- Joanna Jacobus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8587-3673)
- Emily A. Troyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3295-0521)
- John R. Hesselink (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6094-7365)
- Elisabeth A. Wilde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9839-4428)
- Xia Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3971-038X)
- Everett L. Delfel
- Wenjing Meng
- Michael W. Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1869-2557)
- Erin D. Bigler
Institutions
- Brigham Young University (US)
- Allen Institute for Brain Science (US)
- University of Utah (US)
- San Diego State University (US)
- University of California System (US)
- Department of Veterans Affairs (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Brain Injury
- Published
- 2025-12-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2025.2600374
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35