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2017 ; 133
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Mixed pathologies including chronic traumatic encephalopathy account for dementia
in retired association football (soccer) players
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Ling H
; Morris HR
; Neal JW
; Lees AJ
; Hardy J
; Holton JL
; Revesz T
; Williams DD
Acta Neuropathol
2017[Mar]; 133
(3
): 337-352
PMID28205009
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In retired professional association football (soccer) players with a past history
of repetitive head impacts, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a potential
neurodegenerative cause of dementia and motor impairments. From 1980 to 2010, 14
retired footballers with dementia were followed up regularly until death. Their
clinical data, playing career, and concussion history were prospectively
collected. Next-of-kin provided consent for six to have post-mortem brain
examination. Of the 14 male participants, 13 were professional and 1 was a
committed amateur. All were skilled headers of the ball and had played football
for an average of 26 years. Concussion rate was limited in six cases to one
episode each during their careers. All cases developed progressive cognitive
impairment with an average age at onset of 63.6 years and disease duration of
10 years. Neuropathological examination revealed septal abnormalities in all six
post-mortem cases, supportive of a history of chronic repetitive head impacts.
Four cases had pathologically confirmed CTE; concomitant pathologies included
Alzheimer's disease (N = 6), TDP-43 (N = 6), cerebral amyloid angiopathy (N = 5),
hippocampal sclerosis (N = 2), corticobasal degeneration (N = 1), dementia with
Lewy bodies (N = 1), and vascular pathology (N = 1); and all would have
contributed synergistically to the clinical manifestations. The pathological
diagnosis of CTE was established in four individuals according to the latest
consensus diagnostic criteria. This finding is probably related to their past
prolonged exposure to repetitive head impacts from head-to-player collisions and
heading the ball thousands of time throughout their careers. Alzheimer's disease
and TDP-43 pathologies are common concomitant findings in CTE, both of which are
increasingly considered as part of the CTE pathological entity in older
individuals. Association football is the most popular sport in the world and the
potential link between repetitive head impacts from playing football and CTE as
indicated from our findings is of considerable public health interest. Clearly, a
definitive link cannot be established in this clinico-pathological series, but
our findings support the need for further systematic investigation, including
large-scale case-control studies to identify at risk groups of footballers which
will justify for the implementation of protective strategies.