CTE diagnosed in 99% of former NFL players studied by researchers

[Vegas]

The degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has been diagnosed in 110 of 111 former NFL players whose brains were donated for research, according to an updated study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association on Tuesday.

In total, CTE was diagnosed in 87% of 202 former football players --- including high school, college, NFL, Canadian Football League and semipro. The study, the largest conducted into the potential link of brain trauma in football and CTE, was led by researchers at Boston University and the VA Boston Healthcare System.

http://www.packersnews.com/story/sp...former-nfl-players-according-study/507634001/

 

[YankeeRebel]

And?

 

[fknhippie]

and what is the rate of occurrence in the general population?

 

[YankeeRebel]

Did they also scan Metal Guitar players?

 

[jarntt]

So not 100%...

 

[DHoey]

That does it!!!!! I'm not letting my kid play in the NFL now

 

[realityball]

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it's kool ... at least the demise of the NFL won't be all blamed on the Patriots owning it ...

 

[Hank Kingsley]

and what is the rate of occurrence in the general population?

My son is epileptic and has had bad falls due to seizures. Likely more than 15 concussions in his 37 years.

I'd wager big bucks he will suffer from CTE before his time is up.

 

[Sharkonabicycle]

 

[Ojb81]

Not THIS again!! Gawwwwd

 

[Sir Robin Of Camelot]

NFL to End Partnership with National Institutes of Health on Concussion Study

The National Institutes of Health will reportedly let its partnership with the NFL expire in August after the NFL previously pledged $30 million to help research the connection between brain disease and football.

According to ESPN's Mark Fainaru-Wada and Steve Fainaru, the NIH decided not to renew its agreement with the NFL "following a bitter dispute in 2015 in which the NFL backed out of a major study that had been awarded to a researcher who had been critical of the league."

"The NFL's agreement with [the funding arm of the NIH] ends August 31, 2017, and there are no current research plans for the funds remaining from the original $30 million NFL commitment," the NIH said in a statement, per ESPN.
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On Tuesday, the medical journal JAMA (via CNN's Daniella Emanuel) published the results of a study that showed chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) had been found in the brains of 110 of 111 deceased former NFL players.

 

[Rock Strongo]

totally flawed data

these guys all donated their brains because they...thought they had CTE. its not random NFL players...

 

[Fountain City Blues]

totally flawed data

these guys all donated their brains because they...thought they had CTE. its not random NFL players...

Maybe so, but it does lend credence that CTE criteria is useful if nothing else. If you show symptoms of CTE- there's a pretty strong chance you have CTE.

 

[mrschaney]

I wonder how many of these former players have ever done illegal drugs as well as performance enhancing drugs on top of the concussions? Past drug use could cause many of the same symtoms as the concussions, but no one mentions that?

 

[broncosmitty]

totally flawed data

these guys all donated their brains because they...thought they had CTE. its not random NFL players...

Yep.


Folks that OD are drug users. Not much revelation here.

 

[Eugene Baker III]

The degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has been diagnosed in 110 of 111 former NFL players whose brains were donated for research, according to an updated study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association on Tuesday.

In total, CTE was diagnosed in 87% of 202 former football players --- including high school, college, NFL, Canadian Football League and semipro. The study, the largest conducted into the potential link of brain trauma in football and CTE, was led by researchers at Boston University and the VA Boston Healthcare System.

http://www.packersnews.com/story/sp...former-nfl-players-according-study/507634001/

And yet:

The brains assessed in the Boston University study were not randomly selected. Rather, they were donated by family members of the deceased or referred by medical examiners, who had reason to suspect that researchers might find evidence of damage. In other words, the findings from these brains describe at best an upper bound for the prevalence of CTE. It’s the rate we’d expect to find if every player in the NFL were just as plagued by mental problems as the men whose brains were sent to McKee.

What might be the corresponding lower bound? As the New York Times points out, the BU sample represents about one-tenth of the former NFL players who’ve died since the study began. If we assume that every other player in that group had a healthy brain, the total prevalence for CTE would be in the vicinity of 9 percent. From this we can conclude that the true rate of the disease is somewhere between 9 and 99 percent.

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