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The Relations Among Depression, Cognition, and Brain Volume in Professional Boxers

A Preliminary Examination Using Brief Clinical Measures

Bern Lee, Lauren L Bennett, Charles Bernick, Guogen Shan, Sarah J Banks. 2019. Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation.

Read the sourceDOI 10.1097/htr.0000000000000495PubMed 31033751

The medical question

Which mental-health needs require better recognition and support for fighters?

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Summary

Researchers examined relationships among depressive symptoms, MRI brain volumes and cognitive performance in professional boxers, with longitudinal cognitive measurements available for a subgroup.

What the abstract reports

  • Among 205 male professional boxers, clinically significant depression on the PHQ-9 was associated with smaller volumes in several brain regions and with poorer verbal memory and psychomotor speed.
  • In a subgroup of 45 boxers followed for one to six years, baseline depression was associated with poorer psychomotor speed and reaction time over time. The authors describe the longitudinal evidence as preliminary.

Publication status and notices

Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Cross-sectional study with longitudinal subgroup in Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. PubMed publication type: Journal Article.

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November 2019, volume 34, issue 6
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