Soccer Heading Worse for Women’s Brains than for Men’s:
In view of the recent Football World Cup where headers were the norm and scored goals, I have often wondered what the hard ball does to the head and the brain. Here we have proof and for women this is all the more dangerous.
Women’s brains are much more vulnerable than men’s to injury from repeated soccer heading, according to a new study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, part of Montefiore. The study found that regions of damaged brain tissue were five times more extensive in female soccer players than in males, suggesting that sex-specific guidelines may be warranted for preventing soccer-related head injuries. The results were published online today in Radiology.
In view of the recent Football World Cup where headers were the norm and scored goals, I have often wondered what the hard ball does to the head and the brain. Here we have proof and for women this is all the more dangerous.
Women’s brains are much more vulnerable than men’s to injury from repeated soccer heading, according to a new study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, part of Montefiore. The study found that regions of damaged brain tissue were five times more extensive in female soccer players than in males, suggesting that sex-specific guidelines may be warranted for preventing soccer-related head injuries. The results were published online today in Radiology.
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