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- Updated: October 24, 2016
New research into heading a football has identified “significant” changes in brain function from routine practice.
The study from the University of Stirling in Scotland is the first to detect direct effects from what is a routine and constant part of the sport.
Researchers tested a group of 19 players, making them head a ball fired from a machine that simulated the velocity of a corner-kick 20 times.
Brain and memory function was tested before and immediately after these heading sessions, after 24 hours, 48 hours and after two weeks.
Increased inhibition in brain function was detected after just a single session of heading. Memory test performance was also reduced by between 41% and …
