Challenge: What kind of sports did he likely participate in?
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Challenge: What kind of sports did he likely participate in?
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Was he a boxer or a NFL player?
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
dementia pugilistica
exactly right! this has been getting a lot of press in the media with the NFL concussions and Muhammad Ali
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This is chronic traumatic encephalopathy, also called dementia pugilistica. It is seen in patients who have multiple concussions or head trauma such as boxers and football players.
Sources: UpToDate; “Long-Term Consequences of Repetitive Brain Trauma: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy” by Stern et al.
I completely agree with Craig Chen. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain found in athletes with a history of repetitive brain trauma, including symptomatic concussions as well as asymptomatic subconcussive hits to the head.
CTE is a very controversial condition that is still not well-understood. Researchers do not yet know the frequency of CTE in the population and do not understand the causes. There is no cure for CTE.
Yes I completely agree with Craig Chen. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is a brain degeneration likely caused by repeated head traumas. CTE is a diagnosis only made at autopsy by studying sections of the brain.
CTE is a very controversial condition that is still not well-understood. Researchers do not yet know the frequency of CTE in the population and do not understand the causes. There is no cure for CTE.
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