September 17, 1999

Concussions Take Toll on Football Players' Cognitive Abilities

By VINCENT KIERNAN

College football players who suffer more than one concussion also suffer a decline in their cognitive abilities that can last for years, according to what its authors say is the first study ever conducted on the topic.

The study, published in the September 8 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association, reported on 393 male college football players at four Division I-A institutions: Michigan State University, the University of Florida, the

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