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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.
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 ]
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Analysis of the late Australian rules football player Danny Frawley's brain revealed that he had stage two chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) at the time of his death in 2019. [104] Australian rules football player Greg Williams is thought to have CTE as a result of concussions over a 250-game career. [105]
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U.S. Soccer, the nation?s governing body for the sport, is limiting heading for kids 13 and under.
Minor trauma similar to pugilistic dementia may occur from repetitively heading the ball. [2] A study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found that headgear does not help reduce the impact on the head from ball contact. This is because a human head is stiffer than the soccer ball. On impact, the ball will deform more than the ...
[2] The British magazine TV Gamer said it is a "faithful reproduction of soccer which includes a challenging one player version." [5] The 1984 Software Encyclopedia from Electronic Games gave the game an overall rating of 8, praising how "the horizontally scrolling soccer field allows for good movement and control of the stick-figure soccer ...