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As the vast majority of deceased former players never have specialized autopsies done on their brains, the first such autopsy was not performed until 2002, [37] and the families of most deceased players keep their autopsy results private, the following list shows a small fraction of NFL players who have had CTE. The age listed to the right of ...
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 officially ...
A new study of nearly 2,000 former NFL players found that one in three of those surveyed believe they have the degenerative brain disease CTE, which has affected hundreds of professional football ...
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.
25% of former football players who reported that they believed they had CTE also reported having suicidal thoughts One-Third of Former Football Players Believe They Have Degenerative Brain Disease ...
According to a 2017 study on the brains of deceased gridiron football players, 99% of tested brains of NFL players, 88% of CFL players, 64% of semi-professional players, 91% of college football players, and 21% of high school football players had various stages of CTE. Players still alive are not able to be tested. [32]
The brain disease is frequently found in former contact sport athletes who’ve experienced multiple head injuries
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