Frequently Heading the Ball Worse Than Concussion

“Unintentional head impacts are generally considered the most common cause of diagnosed concussions in soccer, so it’s understandable that current prevention efforts aim at minimizing those collisions,” said study leader, Michael Lipton, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.R., professor of radiology and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Einstein and medical director of MRI Services at Montefiore. “But intentional head impacts—that is, soccer ball heading—are not benign. We showed in a previous study that frequent heading is an underappreciated cause of concussion symptoms. And now we’ve found that heading appears to alter cognitive function as well, at least temporarily.” https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/heading-frequency-is-more-strongly-related-to-cognitive-performance-300244?utm_campaign=Newsletter_TN_BreakingScienceNews&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=62522460&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_xxEuMFcEJPcaRKsAupOpoIGxoKi_-TsiiI2MT31uvNxtbWZWvt4PdzH2fqX3j7BK-V8lz0fipFmOqb5gK5tL57jQWZA&_hsmi=62522460