Are professional footballers at risk of developing dementia?
J. Spear
Bok Engelsk
| Utgitt | J Spear United Med & Dent Sch Guys Hosp Lond
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| Omfang | 3 s.
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| Opplysninger | Football is a contact sport which involves heading the ball and clash of heads, both having the potential for causing repetitive minor head injury. Much of the research on the association between football and Alzheimer's disease (AD) is flawed, but what is available suggests that footballers are more likely to have EEG abnormalities, cortical atrophy and mild neurological abnormalities than controls. It is also known that head injury may precipitate a cascade of events leading to AD pathology by increasing the expression of amyloid precursor protein and increasing amyloid deposition.It is not known if footballers have an increased risk of dementia, but it is possible that they do.Preventative action could be taken by football's governing bodies to reduce the risk of brain damage as a result of head injury and subsequent development of dementia.
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