Prevalence of CTE at Death in National Football League Players

Dr. Shuvro Roy talks with Dr. Daniel Daneshvar about the prevalence of CTE at death among NFL players and the association between CTE severity and the risk of dementia.

Read the related article in the BMJ.

Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.

Podcast Transcript:

Dr. Jose Merino:

This is Jose Merino, Editor-in-Chief of the Neurology family of journals. The Neurology Podcast provides practical information to neurologists and other clinicians to help them provide better care for their patients. Thanks for listening, and have a great week.

Dr. Shuvro Roy:

Hi, this is Shuvro Roy from the University of Washington, and welcome to today's Neurology Podcast. We'll be covering a study titled Prevalence of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and Death in National Football League Players: A Retrospective Population-Based Cohort Study from 2008 to 2001, published in BMJ. We're joined by lead author Daniel Daneshvar, Chair of Spaulding Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School. Dan, thanks for joining us.

Dr. Daniel Daneshvar:

Great to be here. Thanks for having me.

Dr. Shuvro Roy:

So Dan, this study has already received widespread national attention, but please give us the headline. What did you find and what's the number one thing that you want listeners to remember?