Soccer
Football injuries during the 2014 FIFA World Cup
Astrid Junge,1,2,3 Jiri Dvořák1,2,4
FIFA has surveyed match injuries in its tournaments since 1998.
Risk management: FIFA’s approach for protecting the health of football players
Colin W Fuller, Astrid Junge, Jiri Dvorak
Sport and exercise have long-term health benefi ts, but there is also a risk that participants will sustain injuries and/or ill health from these activities. For this reason, international sports governing bodies have a responsibility to identify the risks that exist within their sport and to provide guidance to participants and other stakeholders on how these risks can be controlled within acceptable levels.
A six year prospective study of the incidence and causes of head and neck injuries in international football
C W Fuller, A Junge, J Dvorak
To identify those risk factors that have the greatest impact on the incidence of head and neck injuries in international football.
Medical report from the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany
Jiri Dvorak, Astrid Junge, Katharina Grimm, Donald Kirkendall
To continue the injury surveillance of FIFA-sponsored football tournaments and report on other medical aspects of the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Head accelerations across collegiate, high school and youth female and male soccer players
Jaclyn B Caccese
I investigated (1) head acceleration during purposeful football heading across age and sex and (2) determinants of head impact severity.
Association of Football Subconcussive Head Impacts With Ocular Near Point of Convergence
Keisuke Kawata, MS; Leah H. Rubin, PhD, MPH; Jong Hyun Lee; Thomas Sim; Masahiro Takahagi, MEd; Victor Szwanki, MS; Al Bellamy, MS; Kurosh Darvish, PhD; Soroush Assari, BS, MS; Jeffrey D. Henderer, MD; Ryan Tierney, PhD; Dianne Langford, PhD
An increased understanding of the relationship between subconcussive head impacts and near point of convergence (NPC) ocular-motor function may be useful in delineating traumatic brain injury. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether repetitive subconcussive head impacts during preseason football practice cause changes in NPC.
A retrospective view of concussion in American football, 1900–1959: What was suggested then we now know
Authors: Gary Solomon and Allen Kent Sills
While published work and media attention about football-related concussion in the USA have increased exponentially in the past few years, these injuries have in fact been written about for over a century. In this work, we undertook a selective review of the PubMed database of the published reports on concussion in football prior to 1960, with attention to the definitions used, physician attitudes, epidemiology, return to play criteria and recommendations and concerns related to long-term outcomes.
No neurochemical evidence for brain injury caused by heading in soccer
Authors: Zetterberg H, Jonsson M, Rasulzada A, Popa C, Styrud E, Hietala M, Rosengren L, Wallin A, Blennow K
Source: Br J Sports Med 2007; 41: 574-577
In a controlled filed study, repeated low-severity head impacts due to heading in soccer were not associated with any neurochemical changes (serum and cerebrospinal fluid) indicating possible signs of injury to the brain.
The effect of protective headgear on head injuries and concussions in adolescent football (soccer) players
Authors: TJ S Delaney A Al-Kashmiri, R Drummond, J A Correa
Source: Br. J. Sports Med. 2008;42;110-115
To examine the effects of protective headgear in adolescent football (soccer) players. Adolescent football players experience a significant number of concussions. Being female may increase the risk of suffering a concussion and injuries on the head and face, while the use of football headgear may decrease the risk of sustaining these injuries.
Effects of heading exposure and previous concussions on neuropsychological performance among Norwegian elite footballers
Authors: T M Straume-Naesheim, T E Andersen, J Dvorak and R Bahr
Source: Br. J. Sports Med. 2005;39;70-77
Cross-sectional studies have indicated that neurocognitive performance may be impaired among football players. Heading the ball has been suggested as the cause, but recent reviews state that the reported deficits are more likely to be the result of head injuries.
