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Comment on: “Where are We Headed? Evidence to Inform Future Football Heading Guidelines.”

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  1. Edinburgh Medical School, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    Andreas K. Demetriades, Patryk Musko & Imran Shah

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    Andreas K. Demetriades

  3. Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Andreas K. Demetriades

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Andreas K. Demetriades, Patryk Musko and Imran Shah declare they have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this letter.

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AKD wrote the first draft. PM and IS provided comments on and revised the first draft. All authors read and approved the final version.

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Demetriades, A.K., Musko, P. & Shah, I. Comment on: “Where are We Headed? Evidence to Inform Future Football Heading Guidelines.”. Sports Med 54, 775–776 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-023-01956-4

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