Brains and Sprains: The Relationship between Neurocognitive Performance and Musculoskeletal Injury Risk in High School Athletes

Background: Quick and efficient integration of complex sensory information is required to direct high-demand motor control tasks during sports. Poor neurocognitive performance may thus impair motor control and lead to an increased risk of injury. While this effect has been demonstrated on a limited basis in collegiate athletes, there are no studies which have explored this effect in an adolescent population. Purpose: To determine the relationship between neurocognitive performance and the risk of sustaining a musculoskeletal injury in high school athletes. We hypothesized that athletes who …