Originally posted by Ninerjohn:
Originally posted by sfout:
Originally posted by Ninerjohn:
Originally posted by ChazBoner:
stupid fkn beisbol disease. How he get it anyway? did he play in colledge?
You were joking here right? Anyway, despite ALL of the research no one knows for sure what causes ALS.
Actually, linking ALS and repeated trauma to the head no matter how light has been getting stronger with each study. Scores of former soccer players who played in the days before the modern materials were introduced have been diagnosed with ALS. They're one of the larger groups of "well known" people with ALS.
There is no certainty of any true reason for someone to get ALS when not inherited. About 10% of people that get ALS are through heredity. If repeated trauma to the head was really a key cause of ALS there would be scores of NFL players with ALS and I know of 2. While there are lots of studies being done the sad reality is no one truly knows what causes this horrible disease.
Yes with the variable of hereditary ALS involved it is difficult to fully convey a link between trauma and ALS, particularly with different types of trauma causing different injuries it becomes harder to correlate. That being said, the medical and scientific world is starting to spend more resources on ALS and injuries sustained by traumatic events suffered in sports and by the military. Football players are obviously getting more regularly diagnosed with CTE, as I specifically mentioned soccer...a sport in which no protective gear is worn unless players have already been injured (see Petr Cech Chelsea/Arsenal goalie) and they were constantly making contact with a heavier, less forgiving leathery ball against their heads shows that ALS may be attributed to repeated minor instances of trauma as opposed to the more violent hits that occur in football far more frequently.
Here is an excerpt from the ALS wiki page that states that "moderate/severe" impact can lead to ALS but that ligher impact has been been thoroughly studied. It links out to the studies and an NYT article that goes into the overlaps of CTE and ALS in professional footballeers in both senses.
Head injury[edit]
While moderate to severe traumatic brain injury is a risk for ALS, it is unclear if mild traumatic brain injury increases rates.[45][46]
In 1994 the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) reported a nonsignificant increase in nervous system disorders due to four cases of ALS among National Football League (NFL) players. It was unclear if this was due to chance or not.[47] Another study from 2012 also found a possible increase in ALS in NFL football players.[48] An older study did not find an increased risk among high school football players.[45] A 2007 review found an increased risk among soccer players.[46] ALS may also occur more often among the US military veterans however the reason is unknown.[49] This may be due to head injury.[50]
After the 2012 report was released, some NFL players involved in the legal settlement with the NFL complained that the NFL, which initially agreed to pay $765 million, was not doing enough to help players. The judge in the case concurred, and the NFL then agreed to pay an unlimited amount of damages for players found to have ALS, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease and dementia.[51]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis#cite_note-Chen2007-46
Please read and share your thoughts.
[ Edited by sfout on Mar 20, 2017 at 1:11 PM ]
