Miss Demeanors
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Soccer Ball Heading for Trouble?
Just in time for the start of fall soccer
season, a study in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) raises new concerns about the practice of "heading" the ball. A group of 33 young adult amateur soccer players in the Netherland submitted to more than a dozen tests designed to measure various brain functions. The results were
compared to those of a control group of runners and swimmers. The findings:
39% of the soccer players had an impaired
performance on tests measuring planning
abilities, compared with 13% of the control
athletes.
27% of the soccer players, compared with 7%
of the control athletes, had an impaired
performance on memory tests.
Concussions were frequent; 27% had one
concussion due to soccer play; 23% had two to
five concussions over the course of their years playing the sport.
The conclusions:
"Participation in amateur soccer is associated with decreased performance on tests of memory and planning. Although cognitive impairment appears to be mild, it presents a medical and public health concern… Methods for surveillance and prevention
should be developed and adopted to maximize
safety."
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Ban them soccerballs!
Soccer Ball Heading for Trouble?
Just in time for the start of fall soccer
season, a study in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) raises new concerns about the practice of "heading" the ball. A group of 33 young adult amateur soccer players in the Netherland submitted to more than a dozen tests designed to measure various brain functions. The results were
compared to those of a control group of runners and swimmers. The findings:
39% of the soccer players had an impaired
performance on tests measuring planning
abilities, compared with 13% of the control
athletes.
27% of the soccer players, compared with 7%
of the control athletes, had an impaired
performance on memory tests.
Concussions were frequent; 27% had one
concussion due to soccer play; 23% had two to
five concussions over the course of their years playing the sport.
The conclusions:
"Participation in amateur soccer is associated with decreased performance on tests of memory and planning. Although cognitive impairment appears to be mild, it presents a medical and public health concern… Methods for surveillance and prevention
should be developed and adopted to maximize
safety."
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Ban them soccerballs!