mahrez
SILVER ELITE
According to this new article
Soccer heading can lead to brain damage and mid-life dementia — here's what should be done
http://www.businessinsider.com/soccer-heading-brain-damage-dementia-study-2017-3?
"Heading produces a so-called coup-contracoup head injury. A one-pound soccer ball may strike a player's head at a speed as high as 80 miles per hour, generating a force as high as 100 to 150 times the force of gravity.
As the ball strikes the head — even if it is protected by a helmet — its kinetic energy is transmitted to the brain floating within the skull cavity, causing it to bounce back against the skull’s back wall, sustaining a bruise.
As the brain continues to bounce around within the skull, it sustains more and more bruises. As these bruises accumulate, the brain begins to develop chronic changes, including the accumulation of the tau protein also seen in Alzheimer's victims and overall shrinkage. Its owner begins to exhibit changes of mental illness including memory loss, angry temperament, and violent behavior"
I've seen this problem in pro football (soccer in the USA) players and know of at least 3 that "retired early" due to concussion problems, not many pointed to comultative header's as the primary cause until recently but I think there is something to these new findings.
Soccer heading can lead to brain damage and mid-life dementia — here's what should be done
http://www.businessinsider.com/soccer-heading-brain-damage-dementia-study-2017-3?
"Heading produces a so-called coup-contracoup head injury. A one-pound soccer ball may strike a player's head at a speed as high as 80 miles per hour, generating a force as high as 100 to 150 times the force of gravity.
As the ball strikes the head — even if it is protected by a helmet — its kinetic energy is transmitted to the brain floating within the skull cavity, causing it to bounce back against the skull’s back wall, sustaining a bruise.
As the brain continues to bounce around within the skull, it sustains more and more bruises. As these bruises accumulate, the brain begins to develop chronic changes, including the accumulation of the tau protein also seen in Alzheimer's victims and overall shrinkage. Its owner begins to exhibit changes of mental illness including memory loss, angry temperament, and violent behavior"
I've seen this problem in pro football (soccer in the USA) players and know of at least 3 that "retired early" due to concussion problems, not many pointed to comultative header's as the primary cause until recently but I think there is something to these new findings.