Hope on the horizon: MRI may help diagnose CTE in living patients (1/6/22 newsletter)
In this newsletter: Opportunities, COVID-19, Education, Sports, Diagnostics, Therapies Currently Available, Veterans & Service Members, Youth, and CTE & Neurodegeneration Issues.
The lead article, Hope on the horizon: MRI may help diagnose CTE in living patients, is in the CTE & Neurodegeneration category.
We appreciate the Concussion Alliance Volunteers who created this edition:
Writers: Josh Wu, Shelly Seth, Minhong Kim, Lori Mae Yvette Calibuso Acob, Conor Gormally & Malayka Gormally
Editors: Conor Gormally and Malayka Gormally
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Opportunities
January 7, 11 am PST: free online class, Tango Stride, a dance-based walking class for people with mobility challenges, produced by BIAWA. Register in advance.
January 12, 11 am PST: free online class, Modified Gentle Yoga for Brain Injury, produced by BIAWA. Register in advance.
A new podcast, the BrainSport podcast, produced by the UCLA Steve Tisch BrainSPORT Program, is available on YouTube. See the new episodes on Concussion in Women’s Soccer.
COVID-19
Neuroimaging data suggests that even mild COVID-19 affects brain matter and functioning
See our blog post to read this synopsis.
Education
Return-to-Learn educational resources available for free to educators in 10 states
Sports
A review of concussion biomechanics, data acquisition, and brain injury
See our blog post to read this synopsis.
Diagnostics
Accurate score conversions for two different concussion assessments
See our blog post to read this synopsis.
Therapies Currently Available
There has been a flurry of studies published concerning exercise for concussion monitoring and rehabilitation; this synopsis gives an overview of two studies.
See our blog post to read this synopsis.
Veterans & Service Members
Florida VA program provides multidisciplinary treatment to veterans with mTBI and persistent symptoms
See our blog post to read this synopsis.
Youth
First-ever systematic review of youth football concussion incidence rates and prevention strategies
See our blog post to read this synopsis.
CTE & Neurodegeneration Issues
Hope on the horizon: MRI may help diagnose CTE in living patients
See our blog post to read this synopsis.
Executive Editor
Concussion Alliance Co-founder, Co-executive Director, and Internship Program Director Conor Gormally