Sparring and neurological function in professional boxers

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Stiller, John W ^a,b,c,d   Yu, Steven S ^e   Brenner, Lisa A ^f,g   Langenberg, Patricia ^c   Scrofani, Phillip ^a,h   Pannella, Patrick ^b   Hsu, Edbert B ⁱ   Roberts, Darryl W ^j   Monsell, Ray M T ^k   Binks, Sidney W ^a   Guzman, Alvaro ^c   Postolache, Teodor T ^c,d,f,l  

^a St Elizabeths Hospital   (United States)

^b Maryland State Athletic Commission   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Institute for Sports Chronobiology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f VA VISN 19 Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h Institute for the Psychological Sciences   (United States)

ⁱ JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j Econometrica Inc   (United States)

^k St Julian's Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

^l Tuning Inc   (United States)

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Author keywords

Balance; Boxing; Chronic traumatic brain injury; Cognitive; Cumulative sparring index

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009698876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00069     Document Type: Article

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