Episode #115 An update on CTE (Cumulative Traumatic Encephalopathy)

A recent paper was published last month by Nowinski et al. applying the Bradford Hill Criteria to the subject of CTE.

CTE is neurological disease people can suffer as a results of many concussions over a life time, or a history of playing contact sports.

Repetitive head impacts have become a hot topic of discussion. Until now there hasn’t been research that has proven a cause and effect relationship between repetitive head impacts and CTE.

While organizations have made changes due to speculation, this paper may be the first providing insight into the causal relationship between repetitive head impacts and CTE.

Will this change the way you view contact sports?

*Episode Resources*

Nowinksi et al. (2022). Applying the Bradford Hill Criteria for Causation to Repetitive Head Impacts and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. Front Neurology. 13:938163. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2022.938163

Episode #72 - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-concast/id1493535509?i=1000525098395

Toronto Star Article - https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/opinion/2022/08/07/proof-linking-head-hits-and-cte-is-a-game-changer-just-not-in-the-nhl.html