Newly published research shows heading a soccer ball can alter brain chemistry. The changes include altered chemistry in an area of the brain involved in motor control. Further research is needed to ...

Soccer heading has long been suspected of impacting brain health, but exactly where and how it leaves a mark has been a blind spot. Now, for the first time, scientists have a clear picture of the ...

Objective To investigate the heading demands of elite footballers during training sessions using instrumented mouthguards (iMGs). Methods Methods followed the Consensus Head Acceleration Measure ...

The heading of a soccer ball—an intrinsic and routine feature of play in the world's most popular field sport—causes long-term damage to areas of the brain associated with learning, according to a new ...

Objective This study aims to evaluate the quantification of heading in adult football (soccer) across practice, game and laboratory settings. Additionally, it examines how variables such as technical ...

Magdalena Ietswaart receives funding from The National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Brain Injury Healthcare Technology Cooperative. Angus Hunter receives funding from `sportscotland institute ...