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Christopher L. Gasper: Scientific and medical jargon aside, Kevin Turner died from playing football - The Boston Globe
When doctors start using a word like exposure to refer to the health risk inherent in playing it portends another type of end zone for football. Exposure is a word reserved for asbestos, radiation, or tobacco. And football exposure starts well before players reach the NFL.
“It clearly seems to be the risk is undoubtedly increased by exposure,” said Dr. Robert Cantu, clinical professor of neurology and neurosurgery at the BU School of Medicine. “The greater number of years and the earlier you start taking trauma are both risk factors, and Kevin started playing at age 5 and played into his 30s, a 25-year exposure.”
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McKee said there are subconcussive impacts that occur in practices or games at every level of football that are silent injuries.
“I think even we thought it was concussions in the beginning,” said McKee. “The science has evolved. All the work to date is that concussions don’t correlate with CTE, rather it’s the length of playing time, the years of exposure to trauma, and the subconcussive impacts that correlate to severity and risk of CTE.”
Christopher L. Gasper: Scientific and medical jargon aside, Kevin Turner died from playing football - The Boston Globe