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PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON Professional rugby may be associated with changes in brain structure Participation in elite adult rugby may be associated with changes in brain structure. This is the finding of a study of 44 elite rugby players, almost half of whom had recently ...
PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE DRAKE FOUNDATION The Drake Rugby Biomarker Study shows that 23% of elite adult rugby players had abnormalities in brain structure, and half showed an unexpected change in brain volume The Drake Foundation has invested more than £2.2m into researching the short- and ...
The Drake Foundation has announced funding for a new research study to investigate the lifelong consequences of domestic violence on brain health. The Drake IPV Study – led by the University of Glasgow in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh (both UK), and funded by The Drake ...
People who experienced head injuries in their 50s or younger score lower than expected on cognitive tests at age 70, according to a study published today, co-funded by The Drake Foundation. Head injuries did not appear to contribute to brain damage characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease, but ...
By James Drake, Founder and Chairman of The Drake Foundation The long-term impact of head injuries in football and rugby has recently become front-page news, with ongoing litigation against rugby’s governing bodies by some of the sport’s biggest names and mounting concerns over the number of ...
Amateur footballers, rugby players and parents have voiced concerns about the long-term health risks from head injuries in both sports and are for calling for law changes to keep players safe. A survey of 2000 people was conducted on behalf of The Drake Foundation, a not-for-profit ...
Gareth Southgate is participating in The Drake Foundation-funded HEADING study and is encouraging eligible former footballers to do the same. Manager of the England National Football Team, Gareth Southgate, has today announced that he is taking part in the HEADING research study, which aims to ...
Ex-Arsenal and England footballer Tony Adams is urging former footballers to sign up to a major study examining the link between heading the ball in football and long-term cognitive decline. Evidence from recent studies suggest that former professional footballers are at greater risk of ...
Following the launch of The Drake Football Study at The Health Challenges in Professional Football symposium (Emirates Stadium, London, UK; 16 October 2019), the study’s protocol has now been published in BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine. The pre- and post-retirement years in a footballer’s ...
Written by Kimberley Ndungu, Editor of Concussion Zone On the 27th November 2019, we had the pleasure of attending the 4th Annual UK Sports Concussion Research Symposium at Twickenham Stadium (London, UK). The Symposium, this year jointly hosted by The Drake Foundation, Rugby Football Union, ...