New research claims to have found 'conclusive evidence' that repetitive head impacts can potentially cause degenerative brain disease. Photograph: GettyNew research claims to have found “conclusive evidence” that repetitive head impacts can cause degenerative brain disease, with leading sports organisations urged to acknowledge the analysis by world-leading experts.
It found that the brain banks of the US Department of Defence, Boston University-US Department of Veterans Affairs and Mayo Clinic have published independent studies showing contact-sport athletes were at least 68 times more likely to develop CTE than those who did not play any contact sport. Dr Chris Nowinski, the lead author of the study and chief executive at the Concussion Legacy Foundation, said: “This innovative analysis gives us the highest scientific confidence that repeated head impacts cause CTE.
And it is not just about direct impacts to the head. It can result to impacts on the body which shake the head. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is 68 times more likely in contact-sport athletes.
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