A new study conducted by Boston University shows that the degenerative brain disease, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, was discovered in more than 40 percent of athletes who were exposed to repetitive head trauma and died before age 30.
However, the findings emphasized that"not all contact sport athletes with symptoms have CTE."
Suicide was the most common cause of death in the cohort, although the research revealed no relationship between the cause of death and the presence of CTE. There were also no statistically significant differences in any clinical symptoms between those with CTE and those without. Symptoms like depression and apathy were reported in nearly 70% of the athletes despite almost 58.6% of them not having CTE.
The study published Monday in JAMA Neurology drew its findings from a cohort of 152 donors - 63 of whom were diagnosed with CTE at the time of death. The donors died between 2008 and 2022, and their age at death ranged from 13 to 29. Almost all of the brains studied showed the earliest stages of CTE. Most of the athletes diagnosed with CTE played football as their primary sport, and a smaller number played ice hockey and soccer.
The scientists also diagnosed CTE in the first American female athlete, an anonymous 28-year-old collegiate soccer player.
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