# Understanding repetitive head impacts in sports

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**Created:** [December 20, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/understanding-repetitive-head-impacts-in-sports/1418 "2018-12-20T19:03:52Z")\
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> **[Understanding repetitive head impacts in sports](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181220122604.htm)**
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> A new study has found that eyeball and eyelid movement, or oculomotor function, which is used to detect symptomless brain injury, can be impaired by mild, repetitive head impacts in football players. But the function may adapt mid-season, even as...

  
A new study has found that eyeball and eyelid movement, or oculomotor function, which is used to detect symptomless brain injury, can be impaired by mild, repetitive head impacts in football players. But the function may adapt mid-season, even as athletes continue to incur head impacts.