Duration of American Football Play and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

Mez, Jesse; H. Daneshvar, Daniel; Abdolmohammadi, Bobak; S. Chua, Alicia; L. Alosco, Michael; T. Kiernan, Patrick; Evers, Laney; G. Marshall, Laura; Martin, Brett; Palmisano, Joseph; J. Nowinski, Christopher; Mahar, Ian; D. Cherry, Jonathan; E. Alvarez, Victor; Dwyer, Brigid; R. Huber, Bertrand; D. Stein, Thor; E. Goldstein, Lee; I. Katz, Douglas; C. Cantu, Robert; Au, Rhoda; W. Kowall, Neil; A. Stern, Robert; D. McClean, Michael; Weuve, Jennifer; Tripodis, Yorghos; C. McKee, Ann

doi:10.1002/ana.25611

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Duration of American Football Play and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

Published in Annals of Neurology • Oct 7, 2019

Authors:

Jesse Mez

Daniel H. Daneshvar

Bobak Abdolmohammadi

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease associated with exposure to contact and collision sports, including American football. We hypothesized a dose-response relationship between duration of football played and CTE risk and severity. METHODS: In a convenienc...

Subject

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy

Football

Medicine

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