...of TBI and CTE. His emphasis here was not on concussion–the ‘tip of the iceberg’ in his view–but cumulative sub-concussive blows which are never diagnosed, don’t have immediate effects and thus are hard to track. The shocker, for this Editor, was that typical ‘hits’ in US football typical in games and even practice can be up to 20Gs; ‘heading the ball’ and other contact moves in soccer matches can be 15Gs. The remaining questions without answers: is CTE statistically common, and why some contact sports players get it and others do not (risk factors). Dr. Koerte is a specialist in... Continue Reading
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TBI drug in potential trial with former NFL players’ association
...brain injury. While this announcement is perhaps more than it seems–a Phase I clinical trial is ‘early days’, to make it through all four phases (I-IV) may take a decade, and now the developer is switching around the treatment condition–the drug itself has received support from DARPA and NIH which are both closely concerned with TBI. In addition, working with the NFLAA will help Neuralstem find subjects for the trials. PR Newswire via Baltimore Business Journal Previously in TTA on TBI and the NFL: Further sad confirmation of CTE, Brain injury research study, NFL donates $30 million to NIH, Combating... Continue Reading
Digital health and mitigating concussion
...soccer’s concussion possibility in ‘heading the ball’ –will join with the NFL in their research efforts. (We will not discuss the multiple hazards of rugby.) Also of note is the NIH ten-year brain mapping project. Digital health gives hope for mitigating concussion damage, brain disease Your Editors have been following progress in concussion detection and research since June 2012. Further sad confirmation of CTE, Brain injury research study: progress is ‘ordered, predictable’, NFL donates $30 million to FNIH for TBI research, Combating soldier TBI (continued), Combating TBI on the battle- and football fields, DARPA/RIT’s ‘Blast Gauge’: measuring the unseen wound.... Continue Reading
Further sad confirmation of CTE
Further confirming the prevalence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in the NFL is the recent examination by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) of linebacker Junior Seau’s brain. Seau, who retired from play after 20 years and was a well-liked, cheerful figure in San Diego, committed suicide unexpectedly at the young age of 43, and his family donated his brain to the NIH for study. It is just further sad confirmation of the Boston University study [TA 6 Dec] that this progressive disorder which occurs as a consequence of repetitive mild traumatic brain injury is the NFL’s scourge. Perhaps... Continue Reading
Brain injury research study: progress is ‘ordered, predictable’
...Brain: A Journal of Neurology (Oxford Journals), a research team drawn from the Boston VA, Boston University and the Mayo Clinic details the four progressive stages of CTE with symptoms progressing from headache and loss of concentration to dementia, depression, and aggression. This was based on (post-mortem) analysis of 85 brains — 64 athletes and 21 military veterans with a history of repetitive concussions. 68 had CTE and the group also had other neurological diseases. The study was funded by seven organizations, including the VA, the National Institute on Aging–and the NFL. Certainly this will be a key reference in... Continue Reading
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