Lifelong Impact of Football

Individuals with a history of contact sports, especially football, were studied. It revealed a threshold dose-response relationship between the exposure to trauma and risk for later life cognitive impairment. The findings also showed a rise in abnormal levels of self-reported executive function problems, depression, apathy, and behavioral disregulation.

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