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- Title
Risk of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in rugby union is associated with length of playing career.
- Authors
Stewart, William; Buckland, Michael E.; Abdolmohammadi, Bobak; Affleck, Andrew J.; Alvarez, Victor E.; Gilchrist, Shannon; Huber, Bertrand R.; Lee, Edward B.; Lyall, Donald M.; Nowinski, Christopher J.; Russell, Emma R.; Stein, Thor D.; Suter, Catherine M.; McKee, Ann C.
- Abstract
There is concern over late, adverse brain health outcomes associated with contact sports participation, with high neurodegenerative disease risk reported in studies of former American football [[3], [8]], soccer [[9], [16]] and rugby union players [[15]]. Nevertheless, our observation that CTE pathology is present in around two-thirds of former rugby union players examined is in line with experience reporting neuropathological findings in other series of former contact sports athletes, including former American footballers and soccer players [[7], [13]]. In parallel, autopsy studies of former athletes from a range of contact sports describe a frequent finding of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a neuropathology uniquely associated with prior history of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and repetitive head impact (RHI) exposure [[7], [12]-[14]].
- Subjects
CHRONIC traumatic encephalopathy; RUGBY Union football players; RUGBY Union football; SPORTS participation
- Publication
Acta Neuropathologica, 2023, Vol 146, Issue 6, p829
- ISSN
0001-6322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00401-023-02644-3