Associations Between Brain Metabolites Measured With MR Spectroscopy and Head Impacts in High School American Football Athletes.

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ACS Applied Electronic Materials Pub Date : 2024-08-23 DOI:10.1002/jmri.29581

Zexuan Liu, Jonathan A Dudley, Jed A Diekfuss, Nadine Ahmed, Alex D Edmondson, Kim M Cecil, Weihong Yuan, Taylor M Zuleger, Alexis B Slutsky-Ganesh, Kim D Barber Foss, Gregory D Myer, Candace C Fleischer

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Abstract

Background: While changes in brain metabolites after injury have been reported, relationships between metabolite changes and head impacts are less characterized.

Purpose: To investigate alterations in neurochemistry in high school athletes as a function of head impacts, concussion, and the use of a jugular vein compression (JVC) collar.

Study type: Prospective controlled trial.

Subjects: A total of 284 male American football players, divided into JVC collar and noncollar groups; 215 included in final analysis (age = 15.9 ± 1.0 years; 114 in collar group).

Field strength/sequence: 3 Tesla/T₁-weighted gradient echo, ¹H point resolved spectroscopy, acquired between August and November 2018.

Assessment: Head impacts were quantified using accelerometers. Concussion was diagnosed by medical professionals for each team. Pre- to postseason differences in total N-acetylaspartate (tNAA), total choline (tCho), myo-inositol (myoI), and glutamate + glutamine (Glx), in primary motor cortex (M1) and anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), relative to total creatine (tCr), were determined.

Statistical tests: Group-wise comparisons were performed using Wilcoxon signed-rank, Friedman's, and Mann-Whitney U tests. Relationships between ∆metabolite/tCr and mean g-force were analyzed using linear regressions accounting for concussion and JVC collar. Significance was set at P ≤ 0.05.

Results: In participants without concussion, a significant decrease in tCho/tCr (0.233 ± 1.40 × 10^-3 to 0.227 ± 1.47 × 10^-7) and increase in Glx/tCr (1.60 ± 8.75 × 10^-3 to 1.63 ± 1.08 × 10^-2) in ACC were observed pre- to postseason. The relationship between ∆tCho/tCr in M1 and ACC and mean g-force from >80 g to >140 g differed significantly between participants with and without concussion (M1 β ranged from 3.9 × 10^-3 to 2.1 × 10^-3; ACC β ranged from 2.7 × 10^-3 to 2.1 × 10^-3). Posthoc analyses revealed increased tCho/tCr in M1 was positively associated with mean g-force >100 g (β = 3.6 × 10^-3) and >110 g (β = 2.9 × 10^-3) in participants with concussion. Significant associations between $∆ myoI / tCr$ in ACC and mean g-force >110 g (β = -1.1 × 10^-3) and >120 g (β = -1.1 × 10^-3) were observed in the collar group only.

Data conclusion: Diagnosed concussion and the use of a JVC collar result in distinct neurochemical trends after repeated head impacts.

Level of evidence: 2 TECHNICAL EFFICACY: Stage 3.

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背景：目的：研究高中运动员神经化学的改变与头部撞击、脑震荡和颈静脉压迫（JVC）项圈的使用之间的关系：研究类型：前瞻性对照试验：共 284 名男性美式足球运动员，分为 JVC 颈圈组和非颈圈组；最终分析包括 215 人（年龄 = 15.9 ± 1.0 岁；颈圈组 114 人）：3特斯拉/T1加权梯度回波，1H点分辨光谱，2018年8月至11月期间采集：使用加速度计对头部撞击进行量化。脑震荡由每支球队的专业医务人员诊断。确定初级运动皮层（M1）和前扣带回皮层（ACC）中相对于总肌酸（tCr）的总N-乙酰天冬氨酸（tNAA）、总胆碱（tCho）、肌醇（myo-inositol）和谷氨酸+谷氨酰胺（Glx）在赛季前和赛季后的差异：使用 Wilcoxon 符号秩检验、Friedman 检验和 Mann-Whitney U 检验进行组间比较。使用线性回归分析了 ∆metabolite/tCr 和平均 g 力之间的关系，并考虑了脑震荡和 JVC 颈圈。显著性设定为 P≤ 0.05：在没有脑震荡的参与者中，观察到 ACC 的 tCho/tCr 从赛季前到赛季后显著下降（0.233 ± 1.40 × 10-3 到 0.227 ± 1.47 × 10-7），Glx/tCr 从赛季前到赛季后显著上升（1.60 ± 8.75 × 10-3 到 1.63 ± 1.08 × 10-2）。M1和ACC的∆tCho/tCr与从>80 g到>140 g的平均g力之间的关系在有脑震荡和无脑震荡的参与者之间存在显著差异（M1 β从3.9 × 10-3到2.1 × 10-3；ACC β从2.7 × 10-3到2.1 × 10-3）。事后分析显示，在脑震荡参与者中，M1 的 tCho/tCr 增加与平均 g 力 >100 g（β = 3.6 × 10-3）和 >110 g（β = 2.9 × 10-3）呈正相关。仅在衣领组观察到ACC中的∆ myoI / tCr $$ \Delta \mathrm{myoI}/\mathrm{tCr} $$ 与平均g力>110 g (β = -1.1 × 10-3)和>120 g (β = -1.1 × 10-3)之间存在显著关联：证据等级：2 技术效果：第 3 阶段。

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