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The effect is starting to show in football heroes of the past. five out of the ii—man 1966 england football world cup—winning squad had developed dementia in later life. these kinds of impacts arent just a concern for seasoned pros, it can affect anyone, professionals, amateurs and especially children and teenagers. the effects of sub—concussion is far greater in children. you can see it in severe cases. the recovery time is far, far longer. but edinburgh—based company hit has come up wi...

You get changes in the electrical circuitry. to what you call the sub—concussive hits, youre not getting any symptoms and, in many ways, that is more sinister because you can have these sub—concussive hits week in, week out over a number of years and not detect them. the effect is starting to show in football heroes of the past. 5 out of the ii—man 1966 world cup—winning squad developed dementia in later life. these kinds of impacts arent just a concern for seasoned pros, they can affect...

The effects of sub—concussion is far greater in children. you can see it in severe cases. the recovery time is far, far longer. but edinburgh—based company hit has come up with a piece of technology they think might tackle the problem by measuring how much impact an athlete sustains to the head when taking part in sport. i went to their lab at heriot—watt university to see their final stages of testing. and what were doing is were basically calibrating the accelerometer thats in the back o...

In later life. these kinds of impacts arent just a concern for seasoned pros, they can affect anyone, professionals, amateurs and especially children and teenagers. the effects of sub—concussion is far greater in children. you can see it in severe cases. the recovery time is far, far longer. but edinburgh—based company hit has come up with a piece of technology they think might tackle the problem by measuring how much impact an athlete sustains to the head when taking part in sport. i went t...

To what you call the sub—concussive hits, youre not getting any symptoms and, in many ways, that is more sinister because you can have these sub—concussive hits week in, week out over a number of years and not detect them. the effect is starting to show in football heroes of the past. 5 out of the ii—man 1966 world cup—winning squad developed dementia in later life. these kinds of impacts arentjust a concern for seasoned pros, they can affect anyone, professionals, amateurs and especiall...