CTE or Dementia Pugilistica is becoming more and more prevalent as we dive deeper in the realm of concussions.
We ran a story about a mother looking for changes in football after her son’s suicide. That death was as a result of CTE as found by researchers at Boston University.
CNN.com ran a story on Wednesday about this individual and CTE.
Evan Coubal of Muskego, Wisconsin died after hitting his head during a playground accident September 4th. What makes this important to this blog is that Evan sustained a diagnosed concussion about one week prior playing football.
Although official reports have not been made, it looks as though Evan suffered from 2nd Impact Syndrome and a freak accident. Thoughts are with his family as they grieve and try to understand all of this.
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First appearing in the Journal of Athletic Training in 2001, Frederick O. Mueller found that;
A football-related fatality has occurred every year from 1945 through 1999, except for 1990. Head-related deaths accounted for 69% of football fatalities, cervical spinal injuries for 16.3%, and other injuries for 14.7%. High school football produced the greatest number of football head-related deaths. From 1984 through 1999, 69 football head-related injuries resulted in permanent disability. Sixty-three of the injuries were associated with high school football and 6 with college football. Although football has received the most attention, other sports have also been associated with head-related deaths and permanent disability injuries. From 1982 through 1999, 20 deaths and 19 permanent disability injuries occurred in a variety of sports. Track and field, baseball, and cheerleading had the highest incidence of these catastrophic injuries. Three deaths and 3 injuries resulting in permanent disability have occurred in female participants.
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