ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2016
Minimizing Head Acceleration in Soccer: A Review of the Literature.
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29 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effects of Combined Caffeine andNutrients · 2026Trial
- Neurophysiological Effects of Repeated Soccer Heading in Youth.Journal of biomechanical engineering · 2023Trial
- Exploring Sex-Based Variations in Head Kinematics During Soccer Heading.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2025Article
- Assessment of the brain impact of soccer heading using pupillary light reflex.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Effects of repetitive head impacts from a single season on the cognitive functioning of youth male soccer players.PloS one · 2025Article
- Potential Effects of Soccer Ball Characteristics on Ball-to-Head Contact: A Systematic Review.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Review
- Finite element brain deformation in adolescent soccer heading.Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering · 2024Article
- The Role of Virtual Reality in the Management of Football Injuries.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Review
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- The Acute Effects of Ball Pressure on Anticipation Timing Following a Series of Purposeful Headers in Adult Football (Soccer) Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Quantitative Analysis of Ball-Head Impact Exposure in Youth Soccer Players.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2023Review
- Where are We Headed? Evidence to Inform Future Football Heading Guidelines.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Review
- Prevention of sports-related concussion in soccer: a comprehensive review of the literature.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- Head impact events in youth football in India and Australia, compared to FIFA Men's World Cup matches.JSAMS plus · 2023Article
- Characterizing Exposure to Head Acceleration Events in Youth Football Using an Instrumented Mouthpiece.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2022Article
- Sport- and Gender-Based Differences in Head Impact Exposure and Mechanism in High School Sports.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2021Article
- Heading in Soccer: Does Kinematics of the Head-Neck-Torso Alignment Influence Head Acceleration?Journal of human kinetics · 2021Article
- Concussion among soccer players in the 2017 Brazilian championship - the gap between protocol and medical practice.Concussion (London, England) · 2020Article
- Personality and Risk Taking in Sports: A Focus on Unintentional and Intentional Head Impacts in Amateur Soccer Players.Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine · 2020Article
- Age of First Exposure to Soccer Heading and Sensory Reweighting for Upright Stance.International journal of sports medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
Physicians and healthcare professionals are often asked for recommendations on how to keep athletes safe during contact sports such as soccer. With an increase in concussion awareness and concern about repetitive subconcussion, many parents and athletes are interested in mitigating head acceleration in soccer, so we conducted a literature review on factors that affect head acceleration in soccer. We searched electronic databases and reference lists to find studies using the keywords 'soccer' OR 'football' AND 'head acceleration'. Because of a lack of current research in soccer heading biomechanics, this review was limited to 18 original research studies. Low head-neck segment mass predisposes athletes to high head acceleration, but head-neck-torso alignment during heading and follow-through after contact can be used to decrease head acceleration. Additionally, improvements in symmetric neck flexor and extensor strength and neuromuscular neck stiffness can decrease head acceleration. Head-to-head impacts and unanticipated ball contacts result in the highest head acceleration. Ball contacts at high velocity may also be dangerous. The risk of concussive impacts may be lessened through the use of headgear, but headgear may also cause athletes to play more recklessly because they feel a sense of increased security. Young, but physically capable, athletes should be taught proper heading technique in a controlled setting, using a carefully planned progression of the skill.
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