# iTAKL:Imaging Telemetry And Kinematic modeLing in youth football-High School

> **NIH NIH R01** · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · 2020 · $623,266

## Abstract

   
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant):  Football head injuries involve significant forces and can result in mild to severe traumatic brain injuries. While this has received increasing attention
at the professional and collegiate levels, there is less data available for the millions of participants in high school leagues (14-18 years old) during this time of rapid brain development. The purpose of this study is to relate information about cumulative head impact exposure over a season of high school football with neurocognitive and neuroimaging data to determine the effects of sub-concussive impacts on the brain. All elements of this study focus on the objective to increase understanding of pediatric mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) and prospectively collect biomechanical, imaging, functional, and computational modeling data on a scale never before attempted in adolescents involved in contact sports. This project integrates neuroinformatics work and the computational modeling techniques developed by Drs. Whitlow, Maldjian and Stitzel at Wake Forest University Health Sciences.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9981037
- **Project number:** 5R01NS091602-05
- **Recipient organization:** WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES
- **Principal Investigator:** Joseph A Maldjian
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $623,266
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2016-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9981037

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9981037, iTAKL:Imaging Telemetry And Kinematic modeLing in youth football-High School (5R01NS091602-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9981037. Licensed CC0.

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