There are limits to how many times a baseball player can throw a ball before he wears out his shoulder, but there are no limits to how many times an athlete can get hit in the head without permanent damage.
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Posted on BrainLine September 20, 2012.
Produced by Victoria Tilney McDonough and Erica Queen, BrainLine, and Dan Edblom.
About the author: Christopher Nowinski
Chris Nowinski is a co-director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at Boston University School of Medicine and the co-founder and CEO of the Sports Legacy Institute, a non-profit organization dedicated to solve the sports concussion crisis.
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JOHN E STRAYHORN replied on Permalink
Current patient of dr. Dwyer who is an associate dr. Katz in the neurology department at the Boston Medical Center. Question where can I find a self-assessment of the effects of CTE in my likely prognosis?