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A new study looking at the impact of concussion on a group of former Scottish international rugby players has found that they were 15 times more likely to develop motor. A study led by the University of Glasgow looking at former Scotland internationals from both the amateur era and later professional players found ex-rugby players had more.

Rugby Players Face Highly Increased Mnd Risk Disease Study

The rugby world is talking more about the risks playing can have on the brain.

. Rugby players face highly increased MND risk. MND linked to rugby. Rugby chiefs must take urgent action to reduce head injuries after a study indicated that former international players are 15 times more likely to develop MND. This finding requires immediate research attention to explore the specific association between rugby and the devastating condition of MND The findings come against.

Rugby chiefs must take urgent action to reduce head injuries after a study indicated that former international players are 15 times more likely to develop motor. Eds diagnosis was confirmed last week and as a result with the. By far the biggest risk was for MND with rugby players 1517 times more likely to be diagnosed than people of the same age range in the general population. Rugby chiefs must take urgent action to reduce head injuries after a study indicated that former international players are 15 times more likely to develop motor neurone.

Rugby chiefs must take urgent action to reduce head injuries after a study indicated that former international. A new study looking at the impact of concussion on a group of former Scottish international rugby players has found that they were 15 times more likely to develop motor. Gloucester Rugby player Ed Slater has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease at the age of 33. Doddie Weir and the late Joost van der Westhuizen are other high-profile rugby players to have contracted MND which affects nerves in the brain and spinal cord.

LONDON Reuters - A new study looking at the impact of concussion on a group of former Scottish international rugby players has found that they were 15 times more likely to. The Motor Neurone Disease Association says the disease affects up to 5 000 adults in the UK at any one time with a 1 in 300 risk of getting MND across a lifetime. Joost van der Westhuizen was wheelchair bound. 4 days ago.

Ex-rugby players had a 15-times higher risk of suffering from motor neurone disease and more. Prof Willie Stewart says rugby MND risk is remarkably high. The research which compared 412 former Scotland internationals born between 1900 and 1990 to over 1200 non-players with the same age area and socioeconomic status. An expert has called for immediate research after a study suggested that elite rugby union players.

JOHANNESBURG Many have questioned whether there is a link between rugby-linked head injuries and Motor Neuron Disease MND in light of cases. The former Leeds Rhinos. Rob also helped Dr Jung in a. A new study shows people playing top-level contact sport are eight-and-a-half times more likely to.

Rugby league legend Kevin Sinfield says he is broken after completing a 101 mile run over 24 hours in aid of motor neurone disease MND research. It echoes how for many decades in the US MND was called Lou Gehrigs Disease after the great baseball player who was struck down in 1939.