The purpose of this study is to (1) assess how a competitive season of purposeful gameplay soccer heading in collegiate women soccer players is related to a blood biomarker for sports-related brain injury, plasma neurofilament light (NF-L), and (2) examine how a player's omega-3 status is related to plasma NF-L concentration changes during and after a competitive season of gameplay soccer heading.
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Change in plasma neurofilament light concentrations from baseline, during, and after a competitive season.
Timeframe: Baseline, 1 Months, 2 Months, 3 Months, 6 Months
Change in purposeful soccer heading frequencies from baseline, during, and after a competitive season.
Timeframe: Baseline, 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 6 weeks, 8 weeks, 10 weeks, 12 weeks, 14 weeks
Change in Omega-3 status from baseline, during, and after a competitive season.
Timeframe: Baseline, 1 Months, 2 Months, 3 Months, 6 Months