LONDON: Players from two Premier League clubs will wear mouthguards embedded with microchips in training sessions to help monitor the impact of headers as part of research into brain injuries, the BBC reported.
The mouthguards, which are already used in rugby union and rugby league, will collect and send data to coaching and medical staff in real time to show how heading the ball affects the brain.
Premier League managers have called for a ban on heading in training if research shows it can lead to dementia, while the Professional Footballers' Association has urged clubs, leagues and the FA to come up with techniques to monitor training and protect players.
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