Tag: Exercise: Soccer
Frequency of Heading in Soccer Tied to Later Cognitive Impairment
Findings similar for self-reported physician-diagnosed dementia/Alzheimer disease
Risk for Neurodegenerative Disease Increased for Soccer Players
Increased risk seen for Alzheimer disease and other dementias, but no increase seen for motor neuron disease or Parkinson disease
AAN: Head Impact Rates Higher for Soccer Training Activities
Team interaction activities, game play linked to highest rotational kinematics, but lowest impact rates
Neurodegenerative Disease Deaths Up in Former Soccer Players
Former Scottish soccer players also more often prescribed dementia-related medications than controls
AAN: Professional Soccer Players Show Increased Risk for ALS
Median age of diagnosis 43.3 years in soccer players versus 62.5 years in general population
Compression Collar May Protect Brain of Female Soccer Players
No white matter changes among female high school soccer athletes who wore compression collar
Heading a Soccer Ball Found to Be Riskier for Female Players
Female players show more widespread brain tissue changes than male players after repetitive heading
Teen Sudden Cardiac Death Causes Often Not ID’d on Screens
Most sudden cardiac deaths of teen soccer players due to cardiomyopathies not identified on screening
Evidence of CTE Identified in Former Soccer Players
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy rate among former soccer players higher than in general population
Number of Youth Soccer Injuries Up Over Last 25 Years
Concussion rate jumped almost 1,600 percent in same time period
