TO BY THE WEEKEND. AND THEN THOSE 80’S RETURN NEXT WEEK. ENJOY THE
>> SPORTS DESK PRESENTED BY
FARAH AND FARAH.
>>JOY PURDY: CTE, THAT’S A
BRAIN DISEASE THAT’S BEEN
DIAGNOSED IN SOME ATHLETES
AFTER THEIR DEATH. CENTER’S
HERE WITH HIS LOOK INTO THIS
NEW STUDY THAT REALLY SHOWING
KIND OF CHANGE TO GIVE US A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING WHAT
REALLY CAUSES CTE. I THINK WE
ALL HAVE THOUGHT BEFORE THAT
IT WAS THE WORK AND CAUTIONS
AN ATHLETE SUFFERED.
>>KENT JUSTICE: THE MORE
LIKELY THEY WOULD BE DIAGNOSED
WITH CHRONIC TRAUMATIC
ENCEPHALOPATHY. BETTER KNOWN
AS CTE. NOW, A NEW STUDY
PUBLISHED THIS YEAR, THE
LARGEST STUDY OF CTE TO DATE
HAS FOUND A MORE ACCURATE
PREDICTOR.
>> THERE’S AN UNDERSTANDING
THAT ANY SPORT HAS A LEVEL OF
RISK, ESPECIALLY CONTACT
SPORTS LIKE FOOTBALL OVER THE
PAST FEW DECADES, SCIENTISTS
AND DOCTORS HAVE RESEARCHED
THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH
SPORTS AND IMPACT SPORTS HAVE
ON THE LIVES OF ATHLETES FOR
WELL PAST THEIR FINAL GAME.
ACCORDING TO THE MAYO CLINIC.
CHRONIC TRAUMATIC
ENCEPHALOPATHY IS A BRAIN
DISORDER LIKELY CAUSED BY
REPEATED HEAD INJURIES. THE
ONLY WAY TO DEFINITIVELY
DIAGNOSE CTE IS AFTER DEATH
DURING AN AUTOPSY OF THE
BRAIN. CHRIS NOWINSKI
CO-FOUNDER AND CEO OF THE
CONCUSSION LEGACY FOUNDATION
AND THE UNITE BRAIN BANK.
BOSTON UNIVERSITY CTE CENTER
SAYS THERE’S NO CURE FOR CTE.
WE WENT FOR A WORLD WHERE
>> I AS AN ATHLETE AND MOST
EVERYONE ELSE PRETTY RECKLESS
WITH HOW WE TREAT GREATEST
FORCE TO ONE WHERE.
>> WE NOW ARE STARTING TO TAKE
CARE THE LARGEST STUDY TO DATE
OF CTE FOUND CUMULATIVE FORCE
TO THE HEAD NOT DIAGNOSED.
CONCUSSIONS IS THE BEST
PREDICTOR OF FUTURE BRAIN
DISEASES LIKE CTE. DOCTOR
DIANNE DENNIS, FAR ASSISTANT
PROFESSOR AT HARVARD MEDICAL
SCHOOL AND CHIEF OF BRAIN
INJURY REHABILITATION AT MASS
GENERAL. BRIGHAM WAS THE LEAD
AUTHOR OF THE STUDY. WE HAVE
INFORMATION ON IS THAT IT’S
NOT ONE OR 2 BAD HITS ARE ONE
OR 2 CONCUSSIONS THAT CAN
CAUSE T T.
>> WHAT APPEARS NOT TO BE OKAY
SAYS IT’S THE TOTAL FORCE THAT
THAT INCREASE SOMEONE’S RISK
OF CTE. THE STUDY USED DATA
FROM FOOTBALL HELMET SENSORS
THAT COMPOUND MILLIONS OF HITS
OVER 20 YEAR SPAN TO ESTIMATE
THE CUMULATIVE IMPACT OF HITS
AND 631 FORMER FOOTBALL
PLAYERS WHO DONATED THEIR
BRAINS.
>> TO BOSTON UNIVERSITY FOR
RESEARCH. THE FINDINGS SHOW
DISPARITIES BETWEEN EACH
POSITION, FOR EXAMPLE, LINEMAN
SUSTAIN A LESS FORCEFUL HITS
COMPARED TO OTHER POSITIONS,
ALIGNMENT EXPERIENCE, THOSE G
FORCE OF IMPACT EACH SEASON
DUE TO THE VOLUME OF HITS.
THIS IS WHY LINEMEN ARE MORE
LIKELY TO DEVELOP CTE OTHER
PLAYERS. BUT WE KNOW FROM THE
HELMET SENSOR DATA NOW.
>> IS THAT FOR EACH TO THE
HEAD OF THE RESULTS AND
SYMPTOMS RESULT IN A
CONCUSSION.
>> FOR AVERAGE FOOTBALL
PLAYER. THEY MIGHT GET AROUND
341 HITS TO THE HEAD. ARE
EQUAL GREATER FORCE. THEN THE
KIT EVEN THE CONCUSSION.
>> NGUYEN SKI STARTED CTE
RESEARCH IN 2006 THROUGHOUT
HIS TENURE IN WINS KEY CREATED
THE FIRST CTE PREVENTION
PROTOCOL, WHICH REDUCES
TACKLES AND HITS IN PRACTICE.
AND BASICALLY IS A VIEW
KNOCKED OUT HALF OF
>> IN PRACTICE FOR LIME.
>> AND FOR THE BALL OVER HIGH
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE YOU REDUCE
THE RISK OF CTE.
>> BY HALF, UNC SAYS IN ORDER
FOR MEANINGFUL CHANGE, THE
FOOTBALL COMMUNITY NEEDS A
GENERAL ACCEPTANCE THAT THE
SPORT CAN CAUSE GET THE
FOOTBALL COMMUNITY TOO.
>> FINALLY ACCEPT THAT GABLE.
FOOTBALL CAUSE CTE ESPECIALLY
THE CHOICES THAT COACHES
MAKING PRACTICE WILL DIRECTLY
INFLUENCE WHETHER OR NOT THEIR
PLAYERS WILL GET
>> WE PREVENT WHILE FOOTBALL
PLAYERS WERE AT THE FOREFRONT
OF MOST OF THE STUDIES
DISCUSSED LOT IS ONE OF THE
MORE PROMINENT SPORTS WITH
CTE. DIAGNOSES. SOCCER HAS THE
MOST CONCUSSIONS OF ANY SPORT.
WHILE FOOTBALL PLAYERS SEEM TO
GARNER THE BULK OF THE
RESEARCH, EVERY CONTACT SPORT
HAS A LEVEL RISK AND A
POSSIBILITY OF SUSTAINING A
HEAD HIT THAT CAN CAUSE CTE.
ULTIMATELY YOUR BRAIN DOESN’T
CARE WHAT IT THESE PRINCIPLES
THAT WE LEARN FROM THIS STUDY
LIKELY HOLD TRUE FOR ALL THOSE
CASES.
>> AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO
READ MORE ABOUT THIS STUDY,
YOU CAN HEAD TO OUR WEB SITE
NEWS, 4 JAX DOT COM FOR THE
ENTIRE INVESTIGATIVE STORY.
IT’S SO INTERESTING. I FEEL
LIKE WE HEAR ABOUT THIS AND
HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS FOR
YEARS NOW. BUT THERE’S STILL A
LOT THAT IS NOT UNKNOWN
ABSOLUTELY. AND CHRIS NOWINSKI
YOU JUST HEARD FROM HE’S GOING
TO THE LEADER OF RESEARCH FOR
CT AROUND THE NATION. SO IT’S
AWESOME AND HE GOT TO SPEAK
WITH US. BUT LIKE YOU SAID,
THEY’RE STILL JUST SO MUCH
CLEARLY FOCUSED ON FOOTBALL.
BUT I’M HAVING A MENTIONING