Table 1.
Case no | Sex | Sport | Position | Other contact sports | Estimated years in sport | History of TBI with LOC | Family history NDD | PMI (days) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | M | Soccer | Forward | No | 18 | NA | Nil | NA |
2 | M | Soccer | Defense | No | 20 | Yes | Nil | 11 |
3 | M | Soccer | Defense | No | 35 | Yes | Nil | 4 |
4 | M | Soccer | Defense | No | 30 | No | Mother and brother ‘dementia’ | 3 |
5 | M | Soccer | Forward | No | 18 | No | Nil | 1 |
6 | M | Soccer | Defense | Rugby | 15 | No | Nil | 3 |
7 | M | Soccer | Defense | No | 11 | No | Mother PD | 3 |
8 | M | Rugby | Back | No | 20 | Yes | Nil | 0.5 |
9 | M | Rugby | Forward | No | 35 | Yes | Brother AD | 2 |
10 | M | Rugby | Forward | No | 32 | Yes | Nil | 2 |
11 | M | Rugby | Forward | Soccer | 28 | No | Nil | 6 |
AD Alzheimer’s disease, LOC loss of consciousness for less than 30 min, NDD neurodegenerative disease, PD Parkinson’s disease, PMI post-mortem interval, TBI traumatic brain injury