Service Academy Longitudinal TBI Outcome Study (SALTOS)

Abstract

This project proposes to leverage the existing NCAA-DOD Concussion Assessment Research and Education (CARE) consortium research efforts at four U.S. Military Service Academies (MSAs) to examine in more detail the acute, intermediate, and long-term effects associated with concussion and/or repetitive head impact exposure on the health and military performance of Service Academy (SA) cadets/midshipmen. The proposed work will prospectively follow two cohorts of cadets and midshipmen over a four-year period: (1) those who sustained an mTBI while enrolled in a MSA; and (2) those who did not suffer an mTBI at a MSA (controls).

Publication
At Military Health System Research Symposium, MHSRS.
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