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The history of light therapy can be traced back to ancient Egypt and India, where therapy with natural sunlight was first used to treat leucoderma. [3] In the 1850s, Florence Nightingale's advocacy of exposure to clean air and sunlight for health restoration also contributed to the initial development of light therapy for treatments. [4]
Petr Cech wearing headgear. Association football headgear is worn by association football players to protect the head from injury.The headgear is designed to absorb the impact of blows to the head by external physical forces in order to reduce the chance of a concussion, [1] a noteworthy example in international football being Czech goalkeeper Petr Čech from Chelsea.
Light therapy, also called phototherapy or bright light therapy is the exposure to direct sunlight or artificial light at controlled wavelengths in order to treat a variety of medical disorders, including seasonal affective disorder (SAD), circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders, cancers, neonatal jaundice, and skin wound infections.
Football helmets bear the logo of the team and the team colors. By the mid-1980s, the football helmet had become a complex, highly engineered piece of equipment. The inside of the helmets was lined with foam padding and plastic pods, or an inflatable layer designed to absorb the shock of impact and create as tight as fit as possible.
The term "punch-drunk" was replaced with "dementia pugilistica" in 1937 by J.A. Millsbaugh, as he felt the term was condescending to former boxers. [54] The initial diagnosis of dementia pugilistica was derived from the Latin word for boxer, pugil (akin to pugnus 'fist', pugnāre 'to fight'). [55] [56]
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