Impact-absorbing Materials in Reducing Brain Vibration Caused by Ball-to-head Impact in Soccer

• Main Authors: Zahari, Taha, Mohd Hasnun Ariff, Hassan, Hasanuddin, Iskandar, Mohd Azri, Aris, Anwar, P. P. A. Majeed
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2014
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6640/1/fkp-2014-zahari-Impact-absorbing_materials.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/6640/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2014.06.088
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang

There has been a long debate among researchers on whether soccer heading is capable of causing brain trauma. A recent study suggests that headings exceeding a threshold level of 855 to 1,550 per year, results in microstructural abnormalities in the brain's white matter. This shows that brain tr...