It was the other day that the report from The New England Journal of Medicine from the University of Glasgow came out and shook the football world.
The report said, among other things, that football pros have died of dementia diseases about 3.5 times more times than the other people. The reason for this is no explanation for the study, but Henrik Zetterberg, professor of neurochemistry, still wants to warn children about nodding. He believes that is the most reasonable explanation for the events.
- If you get a bang on the head so that it shakes, the brain will move inside the skull. Then wear damage occurs and nerve cell protrusions go off. The more powerful bang and the more head rotation, the more severe brain damage, Zetterberg, professor of neurochemistry, said in Aktuellt three days ago.
"If it's obvious we can ban it"The Swedish Football Association is aware of the risks and is currently awaiting the results of parallel investigations that Uefa is currently holding.
"In the US, they have banned the nicking of younger players and that issue is up in Uefa in two parallel research projects, but there are no results yet," SvFF's national team physician Magnus Forssblad told SVT.
- But if it turns out that it is obvious that there will be damage from nicking, then we must also ban it when it comes to youth football, he continues.
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Alarm report: Soccer players more likely to die of dementia Photo: Bildbyrån