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The study of CTE's relationship with American football began in 2002. Since then, hundreds of players have been diagnosed posthumously with CTE, including a number of players who committed suicide. CTE has affected not only professional football players, but also athletes who played only in college or in high school.
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.
Dr. Thor Stein, director of molecular research at Boston University’s CTE center, said treating and managing CTE symptoms among those who suspect they might have it is a viable path.
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.
Concussions are frequent in high school football. Football has the highest rate of concussion among high school sports, with about 11 concussions occurring per 10,000 athletic exposures. [110] About 50 high school or younger football players across the country were killed or sustained serious head injuries on the field since 1997. [111]
The study found that, as reported by athletic trainers, college football players sustain 6.3 concussions for every 10,000 athletic exposures (meaning an individual practice or game), and the rate for high school football players is 11.2. The high school concussion figure is nearly double that of the next-highest sport, lacrosse. The study ...
The 64-year-old Lewis said he’s living with probable CTE, which he described as a type of dementia associated with repeated concussive and sub-concussive blows to the head. Lewis, who worked for decades as a television sports anchor after retiring as a player in the early 1990s, relayed his own experience to get his message across.
Famed concussion forensic pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu believes O.J. Simpson has CTE.