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SUBMITTER: Dhand A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7851122 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dhand Amar A McCafferty Liam L Grashow Rachel R Corbin Ian M IM Cohan Sarah S Whittington Alicia J AJ Connor Ann A Baggish Aaron A Weisskopf Mark M Zafonte Ross R Pascual-Leone Alvaro A Barabási Albert-László AL
Scientific reports 20210201 1
Social networks have broad effects on health and quality of life. Biopsychosocial factors may also modify the effects of brain trauma on clinical and pathological outcomes. However, social network characterization is missing in studies of contact sports athletes. Here, we characterized the personal social networks of former National Football League players compared to non-football US males. In 303 former football players and 269 US males, we found that network structure (e.g., network size) did ...[more]