The Brink | Boston University | Years of research have shown that athletes who play high-contact sports—like tackle football and soccer—and endure frequent hits to the head risk developing a neurodegenerative disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). It’s not just the number of years a person plays that can predict the likelihood of developing CTE—it’s also […]
WISH TV | In a new study, scientists find a football players’ odds of developing chronic traumatic encephalopathy were related to how many hits to the head they received and how hard the head impacts were, not how many concussions they endured. Read more.
Health Day News | The number and strength of head impacts, not concussions, cause degenerative brain injuries to football players, a new study suggests. That’s what appears to drive the growing number of cases of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), researchers say. Read more.
Neuro Rehab Times | Further evidence has emerged around the cumulative effect of head impacts in raising risk of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). The largest CTE study to date, involving 631 deceased football players, has revealed that their odds of developing the neurodegenerative disease were related to both how many head impacts they received and […]
MedPage Today | Repetitive head-impact exposure in American tackle football was linked with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a model based on helmet accelerometer data found. Read more.
The Brink | Boston University | For years, researchers studying chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, believed the primary cause of it was repetitive hits to the head, whether or not those hits caused concussions. They believed the more frequently that a person sustained head blows, the more likely they were to develop neurological and cognitive […]
HealthDay | Fighting is par for the course in professional ice hockey, but a new study raises the question of whether it is shortening some players’ lives. The study, of hundreds of National Hockey League (NHL) players, found that those who were “enforcers” on the ice — that is, did a lot of fighting — […]
NPR | For hockey fans, it’s the best time of the year – the start of the Stanley Cup playoffs. But the physical aspect of playing the game has led to increased concerns about potential links between hockey and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Read more.
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“We have sufficient data now to say that we are very confident that this relationship that we are finding is not due to chance, it’s a clear relationship,” said Dr. Jesse Mez, lead author on the study and director of the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center