The English Football Association will ask FIFA to investigate whether former players have dementia as a consequence of brain damage from playing the game.
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have Alzheimers, family members told The Mirror on Saturday.Concerns have grown
in Britain about the impact of head injuries after campaigning by the family of
former England striker Jeff Astle, whose death in 2002 was attributed to
repeatedly heading heavy, leather balls. English FA medical head Ian Beasley is
seeking assistance from world soccers governing body to help determine if there
are definitive long-term health dangers from playing the game, and if
prospective players should be warned.We are taking some research questions to
FIFA imminently to ask, Can you help us in trying to find out if dementia is
more common in ex-professional footballers? Beasley said.The trouble is we just
dont know .Its a massive undertaking to try and decide whether theres an
association between having played professional football and cognitive decline -
dementia you might call it - commonly brain damage causing functional impairment
over time. We just dont know.Its always tempting to say It must be. But were not
sure.Last year, USAs Soccer Federation recommended a ban on headers for players
10 and under in a bid to address concerns about the impact of head injuries.
Nobby Stiles is one of three members of Englands 1966 squad suffering from
dementia Beasley, who is also the England team doctor, wants researchers to
assess whether the severity of any brain damage depends on which position the
person played, how many games they played, and at which level.The hope is (FIFA)
will tell us one way or another, Beasley said. This is a health and safety issue
in the end, and thats what it will come down to. You may still want to be a
professional footballer but at least we can advise you what the chances are of
something irreversible happening to you.FIFA chief medical officer Jiri Dvorak
was not aware of the FA seeking specific research into links between footballers
brain trauma and dementia.We have very little evidence that would substantiate
that assumption for football players, Dvorak said at the Football Medicine
Strategies conference in London, which was also attended by ex-Chelsea club
doctor Eva Carneiro.But thats the reason why we are also studying the long-term
changes of former professional male and female footballers. Not only for brain
dysfunction, but also early onset of osteoarthritis.We are looking at the
long-term changes without having any suspicions yet.You can watch the Sky Sports
documentary - Concussion: The Impact of Sport - right now On Demand. Also See:
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