Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
Original Editor - Gareth Geoffreys
Top Contributors - Gareth Geoffreys, Lucinda hampton, Kim Jackson, Rucha Gadgil, Aminat Abolade and Carina Therese Magtibay
Introduction[edit | edit source]
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by repetitive blunt force[1] and the transfer of acceleration-deceleration forces to the brain. CTE presents itself in in several ways, including cognitive and behavioural disorders and mood disorders. Although Brain trauma like CTE has been a recognized neurological condition in boxing for almost a century now, its prevalence in other contact sports, such as rugby, hockey and American football has only recently been brought to light[2].
Symptoms[edit | edit source]
Symptoms of CTE can manifest in any of the four main clinical domains[3]:
- Behavioural:
- Verbal or physical violence
- Explosivity
- Loss of control/short fuse
- Cognitive:
- Impairment of memory
- Executive dysfunction
- Reduced attention span
- Mood:
- Depression
- Helplessness
- Motor:
Motor dysfunction only occurs at later stages of Neurodegeneration and his strongly correlated with age[1]. With Age CTE is often found to develope into more serious forms of neuromuscular diseases, such as Motor Neurone Disease, Alzheimer's Disease and Lewy Body Disease.
Stages
Management[edit | edit source]
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 McKee A, Stein T, Kiernan P, Alvarez V. The Neuropathology of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. Brain Pathology. 2015;25(3):350-364.
- ↑ Omalu B, DeKosky S, Minster R, Kamboh M, Hamilton R, Wecht C. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in a National Football League Player. Neurosurgery. 2006;:E1003.
- ↑ Montenigro P, Baugh C, Daneshvar D, Mez J, Budson A, Au R et al. Clinical subtypes of chronic traumatic encephalopathy: literature review and proposed research diagnostic criteria for traumatic encephalopathy syndrome. Alzheimer's Research & Therapy. 2014;6(5-8).
