Amateur soccer players see rise in neural damage blood biomarkers after heading the ball

Amateur soccer players who headed the ball in a match vs. those who did not had significantly higher increases in S100B calcium-binding protein immediately after the match, according to results published in JAMA Neurology. “Soccer heading was associated with acute increases in blood biomarkers for neural damage, including dose-response relationships,” Marloes I. Hoppen, MSc, PhD candidate in