Jeff Astle

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New guidelines of the delimitation of the Position, will be launched by under 18-year-olds in training, the FA. And the Scottish Football Association to impose a ban on under-12s heading The Ball in soccer training.

So, what is the proof That you are At Risk ?

What happens to The Brain when The Head with a Ball ?

increases the regular Position of The Ball , The Risk of players in the development of dementia and die from the disease.

A Football weighs nearly half a kilogram, and the scientists have calculated That it will strike a player in The Head with speeds of up to 128km/h.

When a Ball to The Head , The Brain floats in The Skull beats-cavity, bounces against The Skull of the rear wall, thereby bruising

in 2018, found A study by the University of British Columbia , That the blood levels of proteins That increase with the destruction of the nerve cells, according to the heading of The Ball .

A single header is unlikely to any significant damage, but over a longer period of time, the combined effect can lead to problems.

What evidence is there That there is an increased risk of dementia? Jeff Astle 's death is repeated at the top of The Ball

The Problem is in the headlines in 2002, at the age of 59 years.

Mr Astle had been diagnosed with early onset dementia. A re-examination of his brain in 2014, found That he had died, Which is a disease of The Brain , usually in connection with boxes the in connection to memory loss, depression and dementia. It has already been contact in other sports.

A magistrate ruled That Mr Astle's brain had been damaged by years of heading heavy leather footballs.

In February 2017, the researchers from University College London (UCL) and Cardiff University published a study, based on post-mortem examinations

Prof Huw Morris, of the UCL, told the BBC at the time: "We, the kinds of changes one is connected in the ex-Boxer, the changes are often with repeated injury to The Brain . So really for the First Time in a number of players, we have shown That there is evidence That The Head injury occurred, the earlier in your life, is likely to have some impact on the development of dementia. "

Then, in the last year, was Ex-professional footballer are three-and-die-a-half times more likely of developing dementia than people of the same age group in The General population.

But, there is no definitive evidence That heading a Ball is not the cause of the dementia. This would require long-term research.

Why is it difficult to prove a link?

The causes of dementia are complex, and it is likely That the condition is caused by a combination of age, lifestyle and genetic factors.

Physical trauma to The Brain is certainly a factor, but an unhealthy lifestyle, such as Smoking, drinking too much alcohol and obesity are also known risk factors.

teasing out how all of these factors could come into play, is enormously difficult.

What is research in progress?

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Queen Mary, University of London and The Institute of Occupational Medicine a study of 300 former professional footballers.

The Plan is That ex-players between the ages of 50 and 85, which through a series of tests to assess their physical and cognitive abilities.

the data will also be collected on the player " career in The Game -and lifestyle-factors.

This will enable comparisons to be made between defenders and centre-forwards and other players That tend to head The Ball less often.

The Test results are compared with those from The General population study, known as the 1946 birth cohort, which has been observed That the aging process in a group, born in this year.

lead researcher Professor Neil Pearce, from the LSHTM, said: "We know a lot about the risks of concussion in Football , and we know almost nothing about the long-term consequences of heading The Ball repeatedly.

"This study provides The First convincing evidence for the long-term effects on the cognitive function of professional Football . "

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Source of news: bbc.com