Abstract #4415
MRS of acute mTBI in young athletes
General Leung 1,2 , Nathan W Churchill 3 , Anthony A Sheen 1 , Shaylea Badovinac 4 , Marc A Settino 3 , Gerald R Moran 5 , Todd English 5 , Walter Montanera 1,2 , Michael G Hutchison 6 , and Tom A Schweizer 3,7
1
Medical Imaging, St. Michael's Hospital,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
2
Medical
Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada,
3
Neuroscience
Research Program, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical
Science of St. Michael's Hospital, Ontario, Canada,
4
University
of Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
5
Siemens
Canada Ltd, Ontario, Canada,
6
Concussion
Program, Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education,
University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
7
Faculty
of Medicine, Neurosurgery, University of Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
Approximately 20% of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI)
are sports related concussive injuries, of which nearly
half receive no medical attention. During this acute
post traumatic period, the brain appears to be more
susceptible to injury and return to play (RTP)
guidelines are made further more difficult by studies
showing metabolic changes up to 30 days after a
concussive event. We image 26 athletes, 7 acutely post
concussion and show an acute reduction in NAA/Cho ratio
that appears to normalize on RTP.
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