Collision Sports and Neurodegenerative Disease: Inclusion of Moderating Risk Factors
Date
2025-05-01
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Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews
Abstract
Collision sport participation with repetitive head impacts has been associated with increased risk of neurodegenerative diseases, but also have lower mortality rates for many individual conditions. The role of modifiable risk factors in later life development of neurodegenerative diseases in athletes is a clear knowledge gap and a potential opportunity for interventions to improve health related quality of life.
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This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews. The published version of record Buckley, Thomas A., Jaclyn B Caccese, and John J Jela. “Collision Sports and Neurodegenerative Disease: Inclusion of Moderating Risk Factors.” Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews, 9900. https://doi.org/10.1249/JES.0000000000000362 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1249/JES.0000000000000362.
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Keywords
mild traumatic brain injury, concussion, repetitive head impacts, Alzheimer's disease and related disorders, football, rugby
Citation
Buckley, Thomas A., Jaclyn B Caccese, and John J Jela. “Collision Sports and Neurodegenerative Disease: Inclusion of Moderating Risk Factors.” Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews, 9900. https://doi.org/10.1249/JES.0000000000000362