The heading of a soccer ball—an intrinsic and routine feature of play in the world's most popular field sport—causes long-term damage to areas of the brain associated with learning, according to a new ...
Soccer players who used their heads to pass or deflect a soccer ball were more likely to develop changes within the folds of ...
Women soccer players face a greater risk of serious injury when heading the ball than men, according to researchers. The risk for concussion can be so great, it was the focus of a discussion at ...