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What are CTE and concussion and how do they affect athletes? – Sydney Morning Herald
What’s the difference between CTE and concussion? What are their short-term and long-term effects? And how are football codes handling the problem?
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The news that legendary St Kilda defender Danny Frawley was suffering from the neurodegenerative condition known as CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) when he died one year ago, is shocking.
Frawley is only the second former player to be diagnosed with CTE, following its initial discovery in the brain of the late Graham “Polly” Farmer earlier this year. The finding has the potential to rock the AFL to its core, establishing an incrementa…
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