RealFeedApp 99 percent of deceased NFL players showed CTE signs
A new study estimates that approximately three-quarters of deceased professional NFL players had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) at the time of death. Researchers published findings in JAMA Network Open to address registry bias in previous autopsy studies.
- Field
- the brain and neuroscience
- What they did
- Researchers estimated that nearly 75% of deceased professional NFL players had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive brain disease caused by repeated head impacts.
- Why it matters
- This study helps overcome errors caused by the fact that many heads were not examined after death, which previously led to underestimated prevalence rates.
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