Head impacts are associated with altered gut microbiome in football players

MedicalXpress | мая 09, 2026

Non-concussive head impacts—hits to the head that don't cause clinically detectable symptoms—are correlated with subsequent changes to the gut microbiome in a small sample of US collegiate football players, according to a study published in PLOS One by Ahmet Ay and Kenneth Douglas Belanger of Colgate University, U.S., and colleagues.