The Boston Herald, September 8th, 1999
Soccer-related concussions can cause problems with brain function, a new study says, but an author said the investigation found no evidence that the technique known as "heading" is responsible.
Co-author Dr. Barry D. Jordan said the lowered mental performance scores found in the amateur soccer players studied were the result of concussions from collisions with other players or the ground.
"It's very unlikely you'd get a concussion from heading," he said, referring to the popular technique of bouncing balls off the head.
In the study, published in today's Journal of the American Medical As...
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