Year: 2005
Type: article
Abstract: Just to add to the recent concern over heading soccer balls and the risk of chronic brain injury1, another study has just appeared that raises new fears. In a paper published in Brain 2, Chio and his colleagues from Italy reported that there was an increased risk of developing motor neurone disease (MND) amongst Italian soccer players. In this retrospective cohort study, there were five diagnosed MND cases in a subpopulation of 7435 soccer players of the top two Italian divisions who played in the period from 1970 to 2001. Although only small numbers of MND patients were identified, this exceeded the statistical likelihood of developing MND in this population.
This paper adds to the growing body of concern in regard to the risk of developing this condition from sport. Previously a judicial report from the Italian soccer leagues raised similar concerns. A 4 year study commissioned by a local magistrate looked at every player in Serie A and …
Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)
Author: P McCrory
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Neurology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2117900752