Study reveals link between contact sports participation and parkinsonism in individuals with chronic traumatic encephalopathy

The largest study of CTE to date has found a new link between contact sports participation, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and the development of a movement disorder known as parkinsonism. The study of 481 deceased athletes by researchers from Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and VA Boston Healthcare, published today in JAMA…