Abstract #1180

QUANTITATIVE MEASURES OF BRAIN CHANGES IN CHILDREN WHO DO JUDO ON MRI

Tina Seah¹, Tang Phua Hwee¹, Toh Zhe Han¹, Gu Qing Long², and Wong Weng Hang²

¹Diagnostic Imaging, KK women's and children's hospital, singapore, Singapore, ²singapore, Singapore

Quantitative study of the brain changes between young judo athletes and normal children who do not do judo, using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS). Study shows significant increased fractional anisotropy (FA) of the major white matter tracks (corpus callosum, corticospinal tracks, superior longitudinal fasciculus) with slight increase in N-acetylaspartate to Creatine (NAA/Cr) ratio in the parietal white matter bilaterally. The increased FA and NAA/Cr ratios support structural changes involving grey matter volumes in the cortical cerebral grey matter described in published literatures on athletes.

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