Heading a soccer ball leads to brain damage, research shows
Researchers from the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) analyzed the brain MRIs of 352 amateur soccer players, aged 18 to 53, both men and women. They discovered abnormalities in the white matter surrounding the brain,
Heading by Soccer Players Can Damage the Brain's Learning Regions
The heading of a soccer ball—an intrinsic and routine feature of play in the world's most popular field sport—causes long-term damage to areas of the brain associated with learning, according to a new study being presented next week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.
Common move used in soccer may cause brain damage similar to CTE: study
The researchers said most of the damage was found in the frontal lobe of the brain — beneath the part of the skull soccer players are taught to use to head the ball.
Soccer heading may cause more damage to the brain than previously thought
Soccer heading may cause more damage to the brain than previously thought, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
Soccer heading damages brain regions affected in CTE, study finds
Soccer players who headed the ball at high levels showed abnormality of the brain's white matter adjacent to sulci, which are deep grooves in the brain's surface. Abnormalities in this region of the brain are known to occur in very severe traumatic brain injuries.
Soccer 'Headers' Could Pose Danger to Brains
New research suggests that soccer 'headers' might be tied to brain changes that could also lead to CTE. Folks who had done a lot of headers showed changes in the brain's surface w
Heading footballs may cause more damage to brain than previously thought, new research warns
A new US study into repeated head impacts for footballers comes amid a campaign to ban heading from the game in Scotland.
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