Although men had more concussions, when adjusted for participation numbers, women had higher concussion rates in contact ...

The sudden force stretches and tears the muscles and tendons in your neck. Neck strain afflicts many amateur and professional athletes. People who play contact sports like football are especially ...

A controlled laboratory study was carried out with seven active football players, aged 20–23 years who underwent medical screening and were instrumented with accelerometers mounted in bite plates and ...

Objective: To identify those risk factors that have the greatest impact on the incidence of head and neck injuries in international football. Method ... Only one injury (a neck muscle strain) occurred ...