Football

According to published results, adolescent football players may exhibit impairments in oculomotor functions and several blood biomarkers associated with subconcussive head impacts.

Published results showed former professional football players may prematurely develop chronic diseases and have a reduced health span compared with individuals in the general population with similar demographic characteristics.

CHICAGO – An app-based cognitive assessment tool set baseline scores for college football players and may be useful in rapid sideline concussion diagnosis, according to a poster at the 2022 American Neurological Association meeting.

The National Football League and the NFL Players Association have issued a joint statement finalizing review of the league’s concussion protocol, which now prohibits a player from returning to a game if diagnosed with ataxia.

Former college football players had a significantly higher prevalence of several health issues later in life than nonplayers, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

The National Athletic Trainers’ Association has released an updated position statement aimed at reducing the incidence of intentional head-first contact in American football players, according to a press release.

Results showed no improvement in the number of spine injuries associated with football from 2010 to 2019, with a near significant trend for an increasing rate in cervical spine injuries.

Concussions and head impact exposure in college football players occurred at a “disproportionately higher” rate during the preseason vs. the regular season and most often happened in practices, not games.

As the U.S. prepares for the return of sports, the National Athletic Trainer’s Association has released updated recommendations for athlete safety and emergency prehospital care of cervical spine injuries in American football.

Retired National Football League athletes had a higher prevalence of knee replacement compared with hip replacement, with age and severe joint injury identified as risk factors for both knee and hip replacement, according to published results.