CTE may not even be caused by concussions

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Jul 25, 2017
2:53:35pm

wapiti All-American

CTE may not even be caused by concussions

Experts think that its caused by the regular small collisions that happen hundreds of times each game.

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wapiti

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Can someone do a story on how often CTE is found in non-football players?

jholling

7/25/17 2:30pm

That report reported on 202 football players who likely had CTE

wapiti

7/25/17 2:36pm

Or how often within a random sampling of ALL football players. Not just

Kerbouchard

7/25/17 2:36pm

Neither side benefits from that. It will never happen.

Lance71

7/25/17 2:37pm

See below

Paco

7/25/17 2:42pm

Not only is there not a control group, but the studied ones were studied BECAUSE

jaromp

7/25/17 2:37pm

Or how about bull riders, boxers, MMA fighters, or any other sport.

Broda

7/25/17 2:38pm

Here you go

Paco

7/25/17 2:40pm

I admit this one is closer but still leaves lots of questions. How did they

jholling

7/25/17 2:51pm

CTE may not even be caused by concussions

wapiti

7/25/17 2:53pm

This Harvard article says that CTE is identified,

Everyman

7/25/17 4:13pm

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