Citation

Erlanger DM. Brain Inj. 2014; 29(2): 171-174.

Affiliation

NYU Langone Medical Center , New York, NY , USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.3109/02699052.2014.965211

PMID

25313457

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Current characterizations of chronic traumatic brain injury (CTBI) in boxing, American football and other sports are reviewed in the context of the history of research on sub-concussive brain trauma in athletes.

METHODS: The utility of exposure models for understanding CTBI in boxers is examined and concerns regarding the paucity of findings supportive of an exposure model for CTBI in football players are discussed.

RESULTS and conclusions: Recommendations for development of exposure models for sport-specific phenotypic characterizations of CTBI are presented.

Language: en