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Rutherford, A, Stewart, W and Bruno, D (2017) Heading for trouble: is dementia a game changer for football? British Journal of Sports Medicine, 53 (6). pp. 321-322. ISSN 1473-0480

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Abstract

After fevered media coverage of a possible link between football (soccer) heading and long-term damage to the brain, 2016 saw the Professional Footballers’Association call for a review of the game to decide whether to follow the lead of the United States Soccer and ban heading for younger players. Given these concerns, and the fact the relevant Rules of Football were conceived over 100 years ago, is it time for major rule changes? Is there evidence that football increases risk of neurodegenerative disease (eg, dementia) and heading is to blame?

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: This is the accepted author manuscript (AAM). The final published version (version of record) is available online via BMJ at http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2017-097627 Please refer to any applicable terms of use of the publisher.
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC1200 Sports Medicine
R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC521 Dementia
Divisions: Faculty of Natural Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: Symplectic
Date Deposited: 06 Sep 2017 08:52
Last Modified: 19 Mar 2019 12:55
URI: https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/3922

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