Football players 'not at higher risk of neurodegenerative disease'

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Details: By Editor-in-Chief; Latest News; 11 December 2016

The risk of traumatic brain injury is particularly high among football players. A new study sets out to investigate if football players are also at a higher risk of developing degenerative brain diseases later in life.

Compared with other athletes, American football players do not seem to be at a higher risk of neurodegenerative disease, researchers say.

Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are defined by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) as "a blow or jolt to the head, or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the normal function of the brain."

All athletes are at risk of TBI, but the risk is especially high among cyclists and football players.

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