07-27-2017, 02:31 PM
At this point, I think epidemiologic studies will be far more valuable than these sorts of pathologic studies we always read about.
What meaning do these pathologic changes have clinically? That's still not clear.
What I want to know is how many former NFL players have neurologic or psychiatric diagnoses? How many former college or HS football players compared to the general populace? It would be a pretty ambitious study but far from impossible, and would far more illuminating.
It's just ridiculous on it's face to think that 90+% of former HS and college players suffer neurologic or psychiatric sequelae.
What meaning do these pathologic changes have clinically? That's still not clear.
What I want to know is how many former NFL players have neurologic or psychiatric diagnoses? How many former college or HS football players compared to the general populace? It would be a pretty ambitious study but far from impossible, and would far more illuminating.
It's just ridiculous on it's face to think that 90+% of former HS and college players suffer neurologic or psychiatric sequelae.