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A recent paper by glasgow university found that ex—footballers are 3.5 times more likely to die of dementia potentially caused by heading the ball. it's due to what is called sub—concussive head impacts, lower—impact hits that, frequently repeated, can have a residual effect. when football players head a ball, we can detect that you get changes in the electrical circuitry. to what you call the sub—concussive hits, you're 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 det...

Found that ex—footballers are 3.5 times more likely to die of dementia potentially caused by heading the ball. it's due to what is called sub—concussive head impacts, lower—impact hits that, frequently repeated, can have a residual effect. when football players head a ball, we can detect that you get changes in the electrical circuitry. to what you call the sub—concussive hits, you're 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 s...

Long—term, lead to head injuries, so paul carter has been taking a look at one piece of tech researchers are using to learn more. newsreel: the west german attack had bite and purpose. _ on they came again. concussion is a growing concern in professional sport, but it's not always as obvious as being knocked out cold. there's also growing concern about the potential for much longer—term damage. football is a sport increasingly coming under scrutiny in this area. a recent paper by glasgow university found that ex—footballers are 3.5 times more likely to die of dementia potentially caused ...

There's also growing concern about the potential for much longer—term damage. football is a sport increasingly coming under scrutiny in this area. a recent paper by glasgow university found that ex—footballers are 3.5 times more likely to die of dementia potentially caused by heading the ball. it's due to what is called sub—concussive head impacts, lower—impact hits that, frequently repeated, can have a residual effect. when football players head a ball, we can detect that you get changes in the electrical circuitry. to what you call the sub—concussive hits, you're not getting any sy...

The number of head impacts in sports so if you can eliminate those high risk areas and use football and kids aren't hitting their heads as much they're going to have less concussions but you're never going to get rid of all head impacts so when you still do hit your head you want to have the very best head protection. the national football league says concussions were down twenty nine percent in the twenty eight hundred season with a new rating system playing a role in the drop and it's hoped that figure will decline even further. the twenty nineteen rugby world cup starts in september in japa...