Sports and trauma as risk factors for Motor Neurone Disease: New Zealand case-control study.
Grace Xia ChenJeroen DouwesLeonard H van den BergBill GlassDavid McLeanAndrea Martine 't MannetjePublished in: Acta neurologica Scandinavica (2022)
This study adds to the evidence that repeated head injury with concussion, playing sports in general, and playing football (soccer) in particular, are associated with an increased risk of MND. Emotional trauma, that is physical abuse in childhood, may also play a role.