The National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) has published its position statement, "Reducing Intentional Head-first Contact Behavior in American Football Players" today in the Journal of Athletic Training, NATA's scientific ...
Mar 2, 2022
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Decades after their days on the gridiron, middle-aged men who played football in high school are not experiencing greater problems with concentration, memory, or depression compared to men who did not play football, reports ...
Apr 15, 2021
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With the pandemic possibly having temporarily shifted some of the questions about the safety of football away from concussions, out comes a study of college football players with potentially encouraging—and potentially ...
Oct 21, 2020
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As professional sports look to make a phased return behind closed doors across much of Europe, researchers from the University of Bath caution that the prolonged individual training players have been exposed to for months ...
Jul 6, 2020
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As professional football approaches the July start of training camps and prep and college football programs look toward their fall seasons, new research from Florida Tech into concussions among student-athletes may have found ...
Jun 22, 2020
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An increase in repetitive head impacts is associated with an increased hazard of death among National Football League (NFL) players, according to a study published online May 11 in JAMA Network Open.
May 12, 2020
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Repetitive hits to the head can cause brain damage without actually leading to a concussion, past studies have suggested.
Apr 21, 2020
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The risk and severity of developing chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) increases with the number of years playing American football according to a new study that appears online in Annals of Neurology. These findings reaffirm ...
Oct 7, 2019
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Longer NFL careers and certain playing positions appear to each spell greater long-term risk for serious cognitive problems such as confusion, memory deficits, depression and anxiety in former football players, according ...
Aug 30, 2019
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(HealthDay)—It can look like a less strenuous sport than football or soccer, but professional baseball players might be the healthiest athletes out there, a new study finds.
Jul 23, 2019
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