"Ice hockey players with longer careers not only were more likely to have CTE, but they also had more severe disease," Jesse Mez, corresponding author and co-director of clinical research at the CTE Center, said in a release.
"Ice hockey players skate quickly, and checking leads to impacts with other players, the ice, boards and glass. We think years of play is a proxy for these impacts that are harder to measure directly, but are likely what are leading to the disease," Mez said.
For each year played, the odds of a male ice hockey player contracting CTE increased by 34 percent, the study found. That outpaces football players, whose odds of developing the disease increases by 30 percent each year.
CTE is a degenerative disease affecting people with repeated head injuries, according to the CTE Center. While it’s found in contact sport players, it’s not exclusive to professional athletes.
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