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Additionally, injury can occur from just one instance of heading the ball or an accumulation of repetitive headers. [citation needed] The most common injury associated with heading is concussions, which account for 22% of all football injuries. Subconcussive injuries are also a concern when heading the ball.
Research in brain damage as a result of repeated head injuries began in the 1920s, at which time the condition was known as dementia pugilistica or "boxer's dementia", "boxer's madness", or "punch drunk syndrome". [1] [3] It has been proposed that the rules of some sports be changed as a means of prevention. [1]
Concussion, a type of mild traumatic brain injury that is caused by a direct or indirect hit to the head, body, or face is a common injury associated with sports and can affect people of all ages. A concussion is defined as a "complex pathophysiological process affecting the brain, induced by biomechanical forces". [ 1 ]
"The former professional footballers who took part in the study were asked to recall how many times they headed the ball per typical match and per typical training session; 0-5, 6-15 and over 15 ...
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U.S. Soccer, the nation?s governing body for the sport, is limiting heading for kids 13 and under.
English midfielder, Nobby Stiles, who died in October 2020, was diagnosed post-mortem as having chronic CTE caused by repeated blows to the head, and the disease was highly likely to have caused the dementia that he suffered in later life. During his career at Manchester United, Stiles headed a ball more than 70,000 times. [97]
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