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Health and Lifestyle Factors and Dementia Risk Among Former Professional Soccer Players.
Russell ER, Lyall DM, Mackay DF, Cronin K, Stewart K, MacLean JA, Pell JP, Stewart W. Russell ER, et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Dec 2;7(12):e2449742. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.49742. JAMA Netw Open. 2024. PMID: 39652348 Free PMC article.
MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Prevalence of dementia risk factors and their association with incident dementia diagnoses were evaluated and compared between former soccer players and matched controls. RESULTS: The final cohort consisted of 11 984 male former professional …
MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Prevalence of dementia risk factors and their association with incident dementia diagnoses were evaluated and co …
Increased risk of lower limb osteoarthritis among former professional soccer (football) players.
Russell ER, Spencer SJ, Atherton CM, Lyall DM, Mackay DF, Stewart K, MacLean JA, Pell JP, Stewart W. Russell ER, et al. Occup Med (Lond). 2023 Dec 30;73(9):547-553. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqad132. Occup Med (Lond). 2023. PMID: 38070190 Free PMC article.
BACKGROUND: Soccer is a high-speed contact sport with risk of injury. Despite long-standing concern, evidence to date remains inconsistent as to the association between playing professional-level soccer and lifelong musculoskeletal consequences. ...The results of th …
BACKGROUND: Soccer is a high-speed contact sport with risk of injury. Despite long-standing concern, evidence to date remains inconsi …
Neurodegenerative Disease Mortality among Former Professional Soccer Players.
Mackay DF, Russell ER, Stewart K, MacLean JA, Pell JP, Stewart W. Mackay DF, et al. N Engl J Med. 2019 Nov 7;381(19):1801-1808. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1908483. Epub 2019 Oct 21. N Engl J Med. 2019. PMID: 31633894 Free PMC article.
The incidence of neurodegenerative disease among former professional soccer players has not been well characterized. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study to compare mortality from neurodegenerative disease among 7676 former professional soccer players …
The incidence of neurodegenerative disease among former professional soccer players has not been well characterized. METHODS: We cond …
Neurodegenerative disease risk among former international rugby union players.
Russell ER, Mackay DF, Lyall D, Stewart K, MacLean JA, Robson J, Pell JP, Stewart W. Russell ER, et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2022 Dec;93(12):1262-1268. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2022-329675. Epub 2022 Oct 4. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2022. PMID: 36195436 Free PMC article.
BACKGROUND: Autopsy studies of former contact sports athletes, including soccer and rugby players, frequently report chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a neurodegenerative pathology associated with traumatic brain injury. ...
BACKGROUND: Autopsy studies of former contact sports athletes, including soccer and rugby players, frequently report chronic traumati …
Mental health and suicide in former professional soccer players.
Russell ER, McCabe T, Mackay DF, Stewart K, MacLean JA, Pell JP, Stewart W. Russell ER, et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2020 Dec;91(12):1256-1260. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2020-323315. Epub 2020 Jul 21. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2020. PMID: 32694163 Free PMC article.
Among soccer players, there was no significant difference in risk of hospitalisation for mental health disorders between outfield players and goalkeepers. There was no significant difference in rate of death by suicide between soccer players and controls. CONCLUSION …
Among soccer players, there was no significant difference in risk of hospitalisation for mental health disorders between outfield pla …
Association of Field Position and Career Length With Risk of Neurodegenerative Disease in Male Former Professional Soccer Players.
Russell ER, Mackay DF, Stewart K, MacLean JA, Pell JP, Stewart W. Russell ER, et al. JAMA Neurol. 2021 Sep 1;78(9):1057-1063. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.2403. JAMA Neurol. 2021. PMID: 34338724 Free PMC article.
Risk of neurodegenerative disease was evaluated between former professional soccer players and matched general population control individuals. RESULTS: In this cohort study of 30 704 male individuals, 386 of 7676 former soccer players (5.0%) and 366 of 23 028 matche …
Risk of neurodegenerative disease was evaluated between former professional soccer players and matched general population control ind …