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An Investigation of the Effects of Sports-related Concussion in Youth Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and the Head Impact Telemetry System
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An Investigation of the Effects of Sports-related Concussion in Youth Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and the Head Impact Telemetry System
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07:02 min

January 12, 2011

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Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 01:00Introduction
  • 01:19Obtaining a Pre-Injury Neuropsychological Baseline Profile
  • 02:54Acquiring Structural and Functional MRI Baseline Images on Subject
  • 04:27Recording the Force and Direction of Hits to the Head Using the Head Impact Telemetry (HIT) System
  • 05:27Performing Post-Concussion Neuropsychiatric Follow-Up Testing
  • 06:20Representative HITs and fMRI Results
  • 06:47Conclusion

Summary

Automatic Translation

This article provides an overview of a multi-modal approach to mild traumatic brain injury diagnosis and recovery in youth. This approach combines neuropsychological testing with functional magnetic resonance imaging and the Head Impact Telemetry System to monitor the relationship between head impacts and brain activity during cognitive testing.

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