title: FMRI of visual working memory in high school football players.
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.
authors.affiliation: a School of Electrical and Computer Engineering , Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana.
authors.forename: Trey E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Shenk
authors.forename: Meghan E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: Diana O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Svaldi
authors.forename: Kausar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abbas
authors.forename: Katherine M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Breedlove
authors.forename: Larry J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Leverenz
authors.forename: Eric A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Nauman
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Talavage
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D056352:Athletes; D005260:Female; D005538:Football / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D012574:Schools