Population-level analysis of neurodegenerative mortality among professional contact-sport veterans, examining career-length differences and long-term brain health implications.
Key Takeaways
- Researchers analyzed 19,824 professional players competing between 1960 and 2019
- Cohort showed a 3.94-times higher rate of neurodegenerative mortality overall
- Players with five or more seasons had about double the neurodegenerative death risk