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Interestingly, sparring in professional mixed martial arts may provide both harmful and protective effects to the brains of professional fighters, new research suggests.
NEW ORLEANS - Mixed martial arts sparring was associated with increased white matter hyperintensity volume and a large caudate region, suggesting some protective function, a researcher said at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting. Aaron I. Esagoff, BS, a medical student at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and intern with the FDA, and colleagues assessed 92 active
A new study has proposed a connection between MMA sparring and changes to brain structure in fighters that spar frequently.