CTE - How Worried About CTE Should You Be? | ACD - Ep. 131

CTE - Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is a worrying conditions for many former athletes, military vets, and concussion patients. We know what the media says, but is this narrative actually true? In this episode we break down the latest evidence surrounding this controversial topic to give a balanced view of what we know, and what we don’t.

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0:01 - Intro (edit)
0:57 - Intro to presentation
3:34 - Media sensationalism
9:06 - Evidence pyramid
11:47 - The problem with current CTE studies
18:22 - What we know/don’t know about CTE
19:24 - What we don’t know about CTE (deep dive)
25:24 - Study - Link between professional sports and Alzheimer’s disease
27:18 - Study - Link between professional sports and depression
29:16 - Study - CTE in people with no known participation in contact sports or history of head trauma
30:05 - Study - NHL players with concussions have surprising results
31:14 - Studies - Link between concussion and suicide
34:43 - What does the evidence say and CTE?
36:22 - Improper concussion management
38:34 - Opioid medication in professional athletes
40:44 - Psychology & mental health
43:10 - Chronic inflammation
47:54 - Multifactorial factors affecting negative outcome risk in collision sports
49:02 - How worried should you be about CTE
51:21 - How to reduce the risk of CTE

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