Signs of brain shrinkage seen in soccer players
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NEW YORK - COLLEGE-AGE soccer players may show some degree of brain-tissue shrinkage, a small study has found - adding to evidence that the sport carries a risk of long-term brain injury.
Using high-resolution MRI brain scans, researchers found evidence of reduced gray matter in the brains of 10 male college soccer players, compared with 10 young men who had never played the sport.
Gray matter refers to the brain tissue that controls thinking and memory. The significance of the relatively smaller gray matter volume and density seen in these players is not yet clear, the researchers say.
However, some past studies have found that professional and even college-age soccer players are more likely to show problems with memory and attention than non-players.
Among players in the current study, reduced gray matter was seen in a part of the brain called the anterior temporal cortex - which is consistent with effects from repeated knocks to the front of the head, Dr John Adams and colleagues at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in Ohio report in the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine.
Like many other sports, soccer carries some risk of concussion, from players colliding with each other or with the ground, for instance. Multiple concussions over time can cause brain damage.
It's still a matter of debate, though, whether the ordinary knocks involved in 'heading' the soccer ball raise the risk of brain injury.
Of the 10 soccer players in the current study, only 2 said they had suffered a mild concussion in the past, while none reported a history of serious head injury. It is impossible to tell exactly why the players showed relatively less gray matter than the comparison group.
'I'd be very reluctant to ascribe this purely to heading,' said study co-author Dr Caleb Adler, an assistant professor of psychiatry and neuroscience at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
The bottom line, he said is that while these findings are preliminary, they add to evidence that soccer is 'not an entirely benign sport'. -- REUTERS -
No wonder, me memory is suffering, and i have short attention span.
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Sounds like ManU fans here....
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Originally posted by innosaint:
[b]Sounds like ManU fans here.... [/b] -
Originally posted by innosaint:
Just what is your problem?
[b]Sounds like ManU fans here.... [/b] -
Originally posted by innosaint:
Seriously, why do you do this? Why are you so hell-bent? What does it achieve? You are only doing more harm than good. In fact, nothing good.
[b]Sounds like ManU fans here.... [/b]
Why the needless provoking of other people? Not only that it only makes you look bad as a person. Is somebody making or inciting you to do this? -
Originally posted by innosaint:
well f*** u!
[b]Sounds like ManU fans here.... [/b] -
things can get worse again next monthOriginally posted by stellazio:Just what is your problem? -
Doubt it really matters.
David Beckham can be a moron and girls will still go goo goo ga ga over him. -
Just don't understand why he does this, things like these do not help anyone or anything but only make him look worse as a person.Originally posted by Dead_Man_Inc:things can get worse again next month -
yeah, at first i thought this thread can be a proper discussion until his replyOriginally posted by SumOne:Just don't understand why he does this, things like these do not help anyone or anything but only make him look worse as a person. -
improper study, its not shrinkage but merely more pple with smaller brains playing. and even that is unconclusive
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Originally posted by innosaint:
what a prick.
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no wonder Beckham n Henry seldom head
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His problem is, Manu Fans tendency to forget important thingsOriginally posted by stellazio:Just what is your problem?
1988 anyone?