RADIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA OAK BROOK, Ill. – Researchers have found that women who play soccer may be more at risk than their male counterparts. According to a new study published in the journal Radiology, female soccer players exhibit more extensive changes to brain tissue after repetitive ‘heading’ of the soccer ball. IMAGE: A, B, THREE-DIMENSIONAL...
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The future of sports medicine
Technology will change the experience of sports injuries and rehabilitation When was the last time you went out for a run without Endomondo or had a bike tour without Strava? Have you thought about how different the commentaries for live football or basketball matches were only a couple of years ago? Where were those sixteen...
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Research finds injury from contact sport has harmful, though temporary effect on memory
Melissa McCradden, a neuroscience postdoctoral fellow at McMaster University. McMaster University neuroscientists studying sports-related head injuries have found that it takes less than a full concussion to cause memory loss, possibly because even mild trauma can interrupt the production of new neurons in a region of the brain responsible for memory. Though such losses...