Young Amateur Athletes at Risk of CTE, BU Study Finds

More than 40 percent of football, soccer, ice hockey, and other contact sport participants under age 30 had signs of the degenerative brain disease, including the first American woman soccer player to be diagnosed

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Largest study of brains of athletes younger than 30 finds early signs of CTE even in amateur players

Concussions and young athletes: a growing concern

BU Finds CTE in Nearly 92 Percent of Ex-NFL Players Studied, The Brink

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8 Major Findings and Headlines from BU CTE Researchers in the Past Year, The Brink

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