Risk of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in rugby union is associated with length of playing career

Affiliations

• ¹ School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK. [email protected].
• ² Department of Neuropathology, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, 1345 Govan Rd, Glasgow, G51 4TF, UK. [email protected].
• ³ Department of Neuropathology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
• ⁴ School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
• ⁵ Alzheimer's Disease Research Center and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Center, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
• ⁶ US Department of Veteran Affairs, Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, 02130, USA.
• ⁷ Department of Neurology, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
• ⁸ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
• ⁹ School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.
• ¹⁰ US Department of Veteran Affairs, VA Bedford Healthcare System, Bedford, MA, 01730, USA.
• ¹¹ National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare, Boston, MA, 02130, USA.
• ¹² Translational Neuropathology Research Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
• ¹³ School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.
• ¹⁴ Concussion Legacy Foundation, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
• ¹⁵ Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.