Tag: CTE
The Controversy of CTE in Boxing: Is the Sport Doing Enough to Protect its Athletes?
The Controversy of CTE in Boxing: Is the Sport Doing Enough to Protect its Athletes? Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, or CTE, is a degenerative brain disease that has been found in athletes, specifically those who have participated in high-contact sports such as football and boxing. As the awareness of CTE has increased in recent years, the…
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Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) risk among rugby players increases with length of career | Rugby Union News
In a study of the brains of 31 former players, CTE was present in 21 of the brains (68 per cent) donated to research institutes in the USA, UK & Australia; Professor Willie Stewart: “Our data shows risk is linked to length of rugby career, with every extra year of play increasing risk” Last Updated:…
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Concussion in football: Link between sporting head impacts and CTE ‘reasonable to consider’, says report
A key document which shapes sport policy on concussion says it is “reasonable to consider” there is a potential association between repetitive head impacts and the development of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. It was announced last month that three more former Football League players – Jimmy Conway, Jim Fryatt and Jimmy Gabriel – had been posthumously…
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