Former NFL QB Matt Hasselbeck part of latest CTE frontier — diagnosing brain disease in the living
- Matt Hasselbeck, a former NFL quarterback, recently underwent medical tests at Boston University to assess the impact of head injuries on his brain.
- The study aims to develop methods for diagnosing chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in living individuals.
- CTE is a degenerative brain disease linked to concussions and has been diagnosed in over 100 former NFL players.
- Hasselbeck's participation is part of a larger study that hopes to include hundreds of participants across multiple locations.
- Currently, CTE can only be diagnosed posthumously, and it can lead to various cognitive and behavioral issues.
Matt Hasselbeck took some nasty hits to the head during his 17-year NFL career, but he seems to have emerged from more than two decades of collisions relatively unscathed.
The 50-year-old quarterback recently spent two days at Boston University undergoing scans and tests to determine how much those collisions affected his brain.
Hasselbeck's participation is part of a study aimed at diagnosing chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in living individuals, a goal that has eluded doctors for years.
Currently, CTE can only be diagnosed after death, and it is linked to cognitive and behavioral issues. The study seeks to include both former professional and college football players.
前NFL四分卫马特·哈塞尔贝克参与最新的CTE前沿——在生者中诊断脑病
马特·哈塞尔贝克在其17年的NFL职业生涯中遭受了多次头部撞击，但他似乎在超过二十年的碰撞中相对安然无恙。
这位50岁的四分卫最近在波士顿大学花了两天时间进行扫描和测试，以确定这些碰撞对他大脑的影响。
哈塞尔贝克的参与是一个旨在在生者中诊断慢性创伤性脑病（CTE）的研究的一部分，这一目标多年来一直让医生感到困惑。
目前，CTE只能在死后诊断，并且与认知和行为问题相关。该研究希望招募前职业和大学橄榄球运动员。