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. 1981 Sep;15(3):163-6.
doi: 10.1136/bjsm.15.3.163.

Association football injuries to the brain. A preliminary report

A Tysvaer, O Storli

Association football injuries to the brain. A preliminary report

A Tysvaer et al. Br J Sports Med. 1981 Sep.

Abstract

In 1975 the authors sent a questionnaire to all players in the Norwegian First Division League Clubs to record the incidence of head injuries due to heading. The conclusion of the questionnaire is that there seems to be a low percentage of serious head injuries. None of the players had been operated on for epi- or subdural hematoma or other brain damage and only a few have had concussion due to heading. In sixty per cent of the players a full neurological examination and EEG recording was undertaken. The result of these studies will be published in a subsequent article.

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