Defenders are more likely than their team-mates to suffer dementia caused by heading the ball, according to new research into neurological disease ...
LONDON: Defenders are more likely than their team-mates to suffer dementia caused by heading the ball, according to new research into neurological disease in former players.
Findings also show diagnoses grew with increasing career length, ranging from an approximately doubling of risk in those with shortest careers, to around a five-time increase in those with the longest careers. "Unlike other dementia and other degenerative diseases, we know what the risk factor is here. It is entirely preventable. We can stop this now, potentially."To do that we need to reduce - if not eliminate - unnecessary head impacts in sport. Is heading absolutely necessary for football to continue?
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