Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and soccer: an internet survey of 29 Italian players.

CONCLUSIONS: Italian male soccer players with a reported diagnosis of ALS have a significantly younger age at diagnosis when compared to other European patients with ALS. Results support a possible relationship between soccer and the risk of ALS. We believe that further research is urgently needed in this field. PMID: 30575574 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Annali dell Istituto Superiore di Sanita - Category: General Medicine Tags: Ann Ist Super Sanita Source Type: research