American football is the sport with the highest overall number of injuries. Other sports that frequently send athletes to the emergency room include basketball , soccer , cycling , and Trampolining .

In the JAMA paper, the authors report findings from 202 American football players who played the game at various levels from high school to professional. After the players died, their brains were ...

Objective: To compare the incidence, nature, severity and cause of match injuries sustained on grass and new generation artificial turf by male and female footballers. Methods: The National Collegiate ...

As part of his expert-witness research for another lawsuit—Gee v. N.C.A.A., the only sports-concussion case to complete a jury trial—Casper obtained proceedings from the annual N.C.A.A ...

How best to reduce concussions and other brain injuries that occur in American football continues to perplex scientists, coaches, and fans at all levels of the sport, but a new study published ...

David Njoku has revealed the extent of the burn injuries he suffered in a household incident a day before the Cleveland Browns’ Week 4 matchup with the Ravens — and the photos have equally ...

Brian and Kathy Haugen, who lost their 15-year-old son Taylor seven years ago from a hit on the football field, are educating coaches, parents and players about those abdominal risks.

Typically, a concussion is caused by bumps, blows or jolts to the head or body that cause the brain to move around in the skull. Some sports, particularly contact sports like football, naturally ...

Repeated head knocks – like those sustained in boxing and American football – can lead to personality changes, cognitive problems and depression years later. This neurodegenerative condition ...