A new study suggests that chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) was present in the brains of roughly 75 percent of NFL players who died between 2008 and 2023.
\n\nCTE has been described as a neurodegenerative brain disease resulting from high-impact sports like football. Published in JAMA Network Open by researchers at Boston University, Mass General Brigham and the Concussion & CTE Foundation, the study proved 2,362 cases and “combined data from 396 players who donated their brain and the National Death Index records of the 1,966 deceased players who didn’t,” per ESPN.
\n\nThe researchers cautioned that the estimate applies only to deceased NFL players and does not predict the prevalence of CTE in living NFL players. The study also doesn’t address prevalence among college or youth football players. Among other caveats were that the study doesn’t indicate what, if any, symptoms had manifested in the players that might have been related to CTE.
\n\nCTE is identified in stages ranging from I to IV based on severity. Researchers say symptoms often don’t manifest in the earliest stages.
\n\nPast research into CTE has drawn criticism for selection bias because of its reliance on brains donated by players who were more likely to have…
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