Terry, Douglas P. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1707-3225
Grashow, Rachel
Iverson, Grant L.
Atkeson, Paula
Rotem, Ran
Eagle, Shawn R.
Daneshvar, Daniel H.
Zuckerman, Scott L.
Zafonte, Ross D.
Weisskopf, Marc G.
Baggish, Aaron
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Football League Players Association
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1 TR002541)
Article History
Accepted: 29 May 2024
First Online: 26 June 2024
Declarations
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: The Football Players Health Study is supported by the NFL Players Association. The NFL Players Association did not contribute to the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication. This work received support from Harvard Catalyst | The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center (National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health Award UL1 TR002541) and financial contributions from Harvard University and its affiliated academic healthcare centers. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of Harvard Catalyst, Harvard University and its affiliated academic healthcare centers, or the National Institutes of Health.
: Douglas Terry, PhD, serves as a scientific advisor for HitIQ. He previously consulted for REACT Neuro, Inc. He receives research funding from Football Research, Inc. and Amgen Inc. He has a consulting practice in forensic neuropsychology, including expert testimony, involving individuals who have sustained mild TBIs (including former athletes). Dr. Grashow received grant funding from the NFL Players Association. Dr. Iverson has a clinical and consulting practice in forensic neuropsychology, including expert testimony, involving individuals who have sustained mild TBIs (including former athletes). He has received past research support or funding from several test publishing companies, including ImPACT Applications, Inc., CNS Vital Signs, and Psychological Assessment Resources (PAR, Inc.). He receives royalties from the sales of one neuropsychological test (WCST-64). He has received research funding as a principal investigator from the National Football League, and subcontract grant funding as a collaborator from the Harvard Integrated Program to Protect and Improve the Health of National Football League Players Association Members. He has received research funding from the Wounded Warrior Project™. He acknowledges unrestricted philanthropic support from ImPACT Applications, Inc., the Mooney-Reed Charitable Foundation, the National Rugby League, Boston Bolts, and the Schoen Adams Research Institute at Spaulding Rehabilitation. Scott Zuckerman, MD, MPH, is a member of the NFL Head, Neck, and Spine Committee. Dr. Zafonte reported receiving royalties from Springer/Demos publishing for serving as coeditor of the text Brain Injury Medicine; serving on the scientific advisory board of Myomo Inc, and onecare.ai Inc; evaluating patients in the Massachusetts General Hospital Brain and Body–TRUST Program, which is funded by the NFL Players Association; and receiving grants from the NIH. Dr. Baggish has received funding from the National Institute of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Football Players Association, and the American Heart Association and receives compensation for his role as team cardiologist from the US Olympic Committee/US Olympic Training Centers, US Soccer, US Rowing, the New England Patriots, the Boston Bruins, the New England Revolution, and Harvard University. Dr. Daneshvar serves as a medical advisor and options holder for StataDx and provides expert testimony for cases involving TBI and spinal cord injury. None of the other authors had any competing interests to disclose.
: This study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, protocol number IRB18-1365.
: Informed consent was provided by each participant.
: Participants provided consent to publish study data.
: Due to the high profile nature of the participants in this study, data are not available at this time.
: D.P.T., R.G., S.R.E., and S.L.Z. contributed to study proposal development. R.G., P.A., and R.R. contributed to data collection and analyses. D.P.T., R.G., A.B., and G.L.I. contributed to writing the majority of the manuscript. D.H.D., R.D.Z., M.G.W., and A.B. led acquisition of funding and oversight of the larger research initiative. All authors critically reviewed the manuscript for submission.