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The Summary. Roughly one-third of former professional football players surveyed believe they have CTE, a study found. The brain disease — which is linked to repeated hits to the head — can be ...
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a type of brain damage that has been found in 345 of 376 deceased former National Football League (NFL) players, according to a 2023 report by the Boston University CTE Center, which has led the effort to diagnose CTE cases.
Symptoms of CTE were often reported in boxers but unfortunately many boxers diagnosed with Punch Drunk Syndrome, Dementia Pugilistica, or CTE did not donate their brains for autopsy review. In 2005 approximately 77 years after its discovery there were fewer than 50 cases of brains with CTE found post mortem. [45]
McKee, who studied Hernandez's brain, says she has examined over 700 cases of CTE and found that Hernandez’s brain “was the worst CTE I have seen in a person who died at that age (27).”
Hockey is the third major sport, after football and rugby, to exhibit a relationship between years of play and risk of CTE. The study included 77 deceased male hockey players who were brain donors.
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease linked to repeated trauma to the head. The encephalopathy symptoms can include behavioral problems, mood problems, and problems with thinking. [1] [4] The disease often gets worse over time and can result in dementia. [2]
Scott Vermillion was diagnosed with CTE a year after his death at the age of 44. Former MLS player Scott Vermillion diagnosed with first American pro soccer case of CTE [Video] Skip to main content
An awareness of the risk of concussions in other sports began to grow in the 1990s, and especially in the mid-2000s, in both the medical and the professional sports communities, as a result of the study of brains of prematurely deceased American football players, that showed an extremely high incidence of CTE (see concussions in American football).