Concussion

Started by seafoid, February 08, 2016, 04:54:50 PM

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trileacman

QuoteResearchers at the Boston University CTE Center recently announced that they have now diagnosed CTE in the brains of 345 of 376 (91.7%) of NFL players studied. Arrington was among them.

By contrast, a 2018 Boston University study of 164 donated brains found one (0.6%) with CTE. The one CTE case was in a former college football player.

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Its important to trust the science  :-\
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Jell 0 Biafra

it is.

Unless the quote is misleading, the Boston study looked at donated brains--not NFL ones.  So, putting the two studies together, the result is that:

CTE was found in the brains of 345 of 376 (91.7%) of NFL players studied.

By contrast, the  Boston University study of 164 donated brains from the general population found one (0.6%) with CTE. The one CTE case was in a former college football player.

So, play in the NFL, and you've a 92% chance of CTE.
Don't play football, and you have almost zero chance.

seafoid

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2023/10/24/rugby-players-increase-risk-of-serious-brain-disease-by-14-per-cent-every-year-report/

A rugby player's risk of developing an incurable brain disease uniquely associated with repeated head impacts is relative to the length of their career, a new study indicates.

Each additional year of playing was found to increase the risk of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) by 14 per cent, in a study of the brains of 31 former players whose average career length was 18 years.

CTE can only be diagnosed postmortem, and to date the only recognised risk factor for CTE is traumatic brain injury and repeated head impact exposure.

The study, published in Acta Neuropathologica in the week of the Rugby World Cup final, found CTE present in 21 of the 31 brains (68 per cent) donated to research institutes in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

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