Date Approved
2008
Degree Type
Open Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department or School
Health Promotion and Human Performance
Committee Member
Christine Karshin, Ph.D., Chair
Committee Member
Stephen McGregor, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Murali Nair, Ph.D.
Abstract
There are limited studies that deal with the acute and chronic effects that high collision sports have on neurocognitive function. This study used a standardized concussion assessment (SAC) test to examine the effects that participation in high school football and high school soccer has on athletes’ neurocognitive functions throughout a season.
Forty-six male high school athletes participated in this study: 30 football players, and 16 soccer players. Each athlete underwent baseline SAC testing and a variety of SAC tests three additional times throughout the duration of the season, approximately 3 weeks apart.
Data analyses of the SAC scores did not show any significant decrease in neurocognitive function in either the sport of football or soccer throughout a season. The results of this study conclude that participation in the sport of football and soccer does not have any effect on an athletes neurocognitive function throughout a season.
Recommended Citation
Cole, Jessica M., "The effects of multiple head micro-trauma on cognitive function in high school football and soccer athletes" (2008). Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations. 173.
https://commons.emich.edu/theses/173