| ▲ | Forgeties79 an hour ago | |||||||
This is incorrect. I can tell you offhand soccer and hockey both have lower rates of CTE’s, soccer by a significant amount. American football has been the most studied and reported on because of how bad it is and how popular the sport remains anyway | ||||||||
| ▲ | dfxm12 25 minutes ago | parent [-] | |||||||
Why do you think it is incorrect? "This analysis revealed that risk ranged from a 5-fold increase in Alzheimer’s disease, through an approximately 4 fold increase in motor neurone disease, to a 2 fold Parkinson’s disease in former professional footballers compared to population controls." https://www.thepfa.com/news/2019/10/21/field-study-increased... "...the odds of having chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) increased by 34% each year [of ice hockey] played, and 18 of 19 National Hockey League players had CTE." https://www.bumc.bu.edu/camed/news-events/articles/2024/larg... | ||||||||
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