Why sports concussions are worse for women
As women’s soccer, rugby and other sports gain popularity, scientists are racing to understand how the female brain responds to head injury. Liz Williams was standing pitchside at a women’s rugby match, and she did not like what she was seeing. Williams, who researches forensic biomechanics at Swansea University, UK, had equipped some of the players with a mouthguard that contained a sensor to measure the speed of head movement. She wanted to understand more about head i
Association of Field Position with Risk of Neurodegenerative Disease in Soccer
Compared with the risk among general population control individuals, risk of neurodegenerative disease was highest for defenders and lowest for goalkeepers Regarding career length, risk was highest among former soccer players with professional career lengths longer than 15 years. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2782750/
