NEW YORK (AP) --Two dozenhigh school football playersdied in recent years from traumatic brain andspinal cord injuries, and the annual death count has been growing slightly, according to a new study. But such d
Football has one of the highest incidence rates of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) among contact sports; however, the effects of repeated sub-concussive head impacts on brain structure and function remain under-studied. We assessed the association between biomarkers of mTBI and structural and ...
Some players with elevated biomarker levels had never been diagnosed with a concussion, suggesting there are milder brain injuries that aren’t diagnosed clinically, but can still cause damage. These injuries are also known as subconcussive injuries.“A number of football players...
He said the results revealed damage on both sides of the hippocampus, and "the best explanation is it's the recurrent head injury." Herman's scan was positive for the tau tangles. A different scan had ruled out Alzheimer's. The diagnosis was CTE. "This is the first time this test has...
18 We also found greater IIV across neuropsychological testing in the NFL players, which may portend future cognitive decline.15 This study had limitations. While the findings suggest past brain injury in professional American football players, we acknowledge that TSPO is a marker of ...
Oct. 9, 2010 --Some high school football players can have neurological impairment without suffering a concussion, researchers found. That group of players had a significantly greater rate of hits to the head compared with players who were concussed or who did not have any neurological impairment,...
Concussions and other forms of brain injury have become one of the biggest worries in sports from soccer to ice hockey. In America the National Football League, which governs American football, has had to pay out hundreds of millions of dollars to brain-damaged players. 从足球到冰球等体育运动...
The study has several limitations, including that it is a skewed sample based on a brain donation program because public awareness of a possible link between repetitive head trauma and CTE may have motivated players and their families with symptoms and signs of brain injury to participate in this...
"So really for the first time in a series of players we have shown that there is evidence that head injury has occurred earlier in their life which presumably has some impact on them developing dementia." Dr David Reynolds from the charity Alzheimer's Research UK, said: "The causes of dem...
Former footballers and their families are stepping up the game to ask for more funding for support to deal with long-term brain injuries, caused by playing the game they love. Friday 10 January 2025 22:59, UK Live Football King arriving in Canada...