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- Published on: 11 October 2022
- Published on: 11 October 2022
- Published on: 11 October 2022Authors reply re: The wrong ballShow More
Reply: Right type of ball used in study
This is a forward-looking study in which modern day footballs were employed to assess the possible impact on the brain by heading. Old style heavy footballs, however, may well have been associated with brain damage as pointed out by Dr Breimer.
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None declared. - Published on: 11 October 2022The wrong ball: old soccer balls much heavier and stiffer than modernShow More
Dear Editor
It could be argued that this study has been performed with the wrong type of ball, one unlikely to reflect the type of brain stress inflicted on old footballers, because the old style ball absorbed dampness from the grass and became increasingly heavy and stiff, even if it had not been raining; on a rainy day the weight had increased a lot by the end of the match. Such balls needed power to kick, yet,...
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