TY - JOUR AU - Burns, Karlee AU - Lohr, Madison AU - McDevitt, Jane PY - 2021/12/13 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - The Effects of a Single Bout of Soccer Heading of Single and Dual-Task Tandem Gait in Collegiate Recreationally Active Individuals JF - CommonHealth JA - CH VL - 2 IS - 3 SE - Original Research Articles DO - 10.15367/ch.v2i3.495 UR - https://tuljournals.temple.edu/index.php/commonhealth/article/view/495 SP - 113-122 AB - <p><strong>Introduction:</strong> The understanding of subconcussive impacts is limited with few assessments to determine effects in a recreationally active population due to existing tests being static and unidimensional. <strong>Methods:</strong> This study investigated the effects of 10 soccer headers on pre and post-test measurements of patient reported outcome measures and single and dual-task tandem gait of 12 recreationally active college-aged participants. <strong>Results:</strong> No changes due to the heading session were observed; however, there was a detectable learning effect with participants walking faster and committing more gait errors but less cognitive errors. <strong>Conclusion:</strong> A bout of soccer heading may not pose an immediate risk to dynamic postural control and cognitive function.</p> ER -