Study shows playing football before age 12 can lead to mood and behavior issues

According to a new medical study, children who played soccer before 12 years of age will experience mood and behavior problems in later life, which was significantly higher than children who later engaged in sports.

On the average announced in Annals of Neurology, those who played football before 12 years of age had cognitive impairment before 13.39 years, behavior earlier than 12 years of age appeared at 13.28 years It was. And emotional problems. In addition, for young people exposed to football every year, cognitive problems occur two to four years ago, and behavioral and emotional problems occur 2.5 years ago. Ann McKee, director of the CTE center of the university who is the author of the study, says: Statement to US Sports Today "Normally, children with fast brain development should not be beaten head repeatedly during the season"

This study, published on the Neurological Yearbook on Monday, showed that those who played soccer before the age of 12 experienced symptoms on average 13 years earlier than those who took part in the sports after that age. In an interview with friends and family of 246 dead soccer players, researchers discovered that these athletes were playing soccer early every year and they experienced feelings about two and a half years ago We reported that. And behavioral problems. Of the 246 football players whose brains were donated to BU, 211 people had chronic traumatic encephalopathy called CTE.

They began to touch the era of exercise. Recent studies found that children who played football before 12 years had more symptoms related to CTE in the second half of their life than children older than 12 years. Another recent study showed that one season of football caused brain changes in 25 players between 8 and 13 years of age even though they did not have a concussion. In November, Oamaru reported several promising news. He got a clear CTE sign at the EF Scan of Fred McNeill of NFL player before 2012. When he died in 2015, autopsy confirmed these test results. But this is just one example, Metz said. More research is necessary to confirm that the test is useful