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<blockquote data-quote="GTJason" data-source="post: 567639" data-attributes="member: 94"><p>Yeah the only question there used to be about CTE existing or not is there was no good way to diagnose it without physically examining the brain. This could only be done on dead patients. New imaging techniques have demonstrated remarkable accuracy at diagnosing it, but it's a time consuming process. Someone needs to sign up for the clinical trial who has a history of concussions, get imaged regularly, die, then get examined to prove the findings of the imaging. Any number of things can kick a patient out of the trial like not showing up for a session, moving away, circumstances of death, family members not allowing an autopsy, etc. Out of the hundred or so patients enrolled only a few have made it through the entire process and basically the scans were accurate. This isn't pseudo-science, it's real.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand there are plenty of people who work jobs that injure them and decrease life expectancy. Truck drivers get skin cancer, back problems, and obesity at higher rates than the general population. Anyone in a blue collar/ physical labor job could be destroying their joints. The list goes on and on. The issue I could see is allowing kids to play football before their brain has stopped developing. It's an ethics question in my mind. As long as there are people who will watch, there will always be football.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GTJason, post: 567639, member: 94"] Yeah the only question there used to be about CTE existing or not is there was no good way to diagnose it without physically examining the brain. This could only be done on dead patients. New imaging techniques have demonstrated remarkable accuracy at diagnosing it, but it's a time consuming process. Someone needs to sign up for the clinical trial who has a history of concussions, get imaged regularly, die, then get examined to prove the findings of the imaging. Any number of things can kick a patient out of the trial like not showing up for a session, moving away, circumstances of death, family members not allowing an autopsy, etc. Out of the hundred or so patients enrolled only a few have made it through the entire process and basically the scans were accurate. This isn't pseudo-science, it's real. On the other hand there are plenty of people who work jobs that injure them and decrease life expectancy. Truck drivers get skin cancer, back problems, and obesity at higher rates than the general population. Anyone in a blue collar/ physical labor job could be destroying their joints. The list goes on and on. The issue I could see is allowing kids to play football before their brain has stopped developing. It's an ethics question in my mind. As long as there are people who will watch, there will always be football. [/QUOTE]
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