Alterations in knee sensorimotor brain functional connectivity contributes to ACL injury in male high-school football players: a prospective neuroimaging analysis.

Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy
Jed A DiekfussGregory D Myer

Abstract

This study's purpose was to utilize a prospective dataset to examine differences in functional brain connectivity in male high school athletes who suffered an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury relative to their non-injured peers. Sixty-two male high school football players were evaluated using functional magnetic resonance imaging prior to their competitive season to evaluate resting-state functional brain connectivity. Three athletes later experienced an ACL injury and were matched to 12 teammates who did not go on to sustain an ACL injury (controls) based on school, age, height, weight, and year in school. Twenty-five knee-motor regions of interest (ROIs) were created to identify differences in connectivity between the two groups. Between-subject F and t tests were used to identify significant ROI differences using a false discovery rate correction for multiple comparisons. There was significantly less connectivity between the left secondary somatosensory cortex and the left supplementary motor area (p = 0.025), right pre-motor cortex (p = 0.026), right supplementary motor area (p = 0.026), left primary somatosensory cortex (superior division; p = 0.026), left primary somatosensory cortex (inferior division; p = 0.026),...Continue Reading

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Apr 30, 2021·Journal of Orthopaedic Research : Official Publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society·Amelia J H ArundaleGrethe Myklebust
Apr 29, 2021·Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports·Takashi NagaiTimothy E Hewett
Jun 22, 2021·Physical Therapy in Sport : Official Journal of the Association of Chartered Physiotherapists in Sports Medicine·Joann M WalkerDustin R Grooms
Aug 12, 2021·Journal of Orthopaedic Research : Official Publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society·Jed A DiekfussGregory D Myer

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