Abstract #2995

Metabolite Levels Differ in Contact and Non-Contact Sport Female Varsity Athletes

Amy Schranz¹, Gregory A Dekaban², Lisa Fischer³, Kevin Blackney², Christy Barreira², Timothy J Doherty⁴, Douglas D Fraser⁵, Arthur Brown², Jeff Holmes⁴, Ravi S Menon², and Robert Bartha²

¹Medical Biophysics, Robarts Research Institute, London, ON, Canada, ²Robarts Research Institute, London, ON, Canada, ³Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic, London, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ⁵London Health Sciences Centre, London, ON, Canada

Reduced glutamine levels were previously found in the prefrontal white matter of female varsity rugby athletes after a season of play potentially induced by exercise or caused by sub-concussive hits. The current study examined a group of non-contact female varsity athletes and found no changes in glutamine levels, ruling out an exercise effect. Additionally, differences in absolute N-acetyl aspartate, creatine, myo-inositol, glutamate and glutamine were found between rugby players and non-contact athletes. With the future addition of a sedentary group, these data have the potential to elucidate the beneficial and negative effects of exercise and contact play.

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