Aim/objective The objective of this study was to provide a meta-analysis examining the
effects of football heading. Design Meta-analytical review on football heading effects on …

Soccer is the most popular sport in the world, with more than 265 million players worldwide,
including professional and amateur ones. Soccer is unique in comparison to other sports, as …

Background: Sports medicine clinicians and the general public are interested in the possible
cumulative effects of concussion. Objective: To examine whether athletes with a history of …

Current thinking views mild head impact (ie, subconcussion) as an underrecognized
phenomenon that has the ability to cause significant current and future detrimental …

This study intended to determine if an acute bout of soccer heading alters postural control
and pronounced self-reported symptoms of cerebral concussion. Collegiate soccer players …

Objective: To determine the rate and differential contribution of heading vs unintentional
head impacts (eg, head to head, goal post) to CNS symptoms in adult amateur soccer …

Objective: To examine the effect of soccer heading ball speed on S-100B serum
concentration, concussion sideline assessments and linear head impact acceleration …

The practice of heading in soccer has become a public concern because of the potential for
subconcussive impacts to cause cumulative concussive-like effects; however, experimental …

Soccer participation, especially among females, is growing in popularity in the United States.
Purposeful heading, an important soccer skill, has recently been scrutinized for safety …

The purpose of this study was to determine if a relationship exists between purposeful
heading in soccer and neuropsychological test performance. Automated …