FMRI of visual working memory in high school football players

Trey E Shenk; Meghan E Robinson; Diana O Svaldi; Kausar Abbas; Katherine M Breedlove; Larry J Leverenz; Eric A Nauman; Thomas M Talavage

doi:10.1080/87565641.2015.1014088

FMRI of visual working memory in high school football players

Dev Neuropsychol. 2015;40(2):63-8. doi: 10.1080/87565641.2015.1014088.

Authors

Trey E Shenk¹, Meghan E Robinson, Diana O Svaldi, Kausar Abbas, Katherine M Breedlove, Larry J Leverenz, Eric A Nauman, Thomas M Talavage

Affiliation

¹ a School of Electrical and Computer Engineering , Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana.

PMID: 25961587
DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2015.1014088

Abstract

Visual working memory deficits have been observed in at-risk athletes. This study uses a visual N-back working memory functional magnetic resonance imaging task to longitudinally assess asymptomatic football athletes for abnormal activity. Athletes were increasingly "flagged" as the season progressed. Flagging may provide early detection of injury.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Athletes*
Female
Football / injuries*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Male
Memory, Short-Term*
Schools