University of Delaware Athletics
Delaware's Women's Soccer Team Contributing to On-Campus Research on Concussions
10/8/2014 11:15:00 AM | Women's Soccer
NEWARK, Del. – The death of Tennessee Titans player Rob Bironas in a car accident on Sept. 24 resulted in immediate media speculation that he had suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative disease that can occur in people who have experienced repeated blows to the head.
The only problem with that theory? Bironas was a place kicker and not involved in contact play, and a subsequent toxicology report showed a blood alcohol level of 0.218 percent.
“The media are way out in front of the science right now,” says Thomas Buckley, assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology at the University of Delaware. “We've heard so much about CTE and concussion that people are jumping to conclusions without evidence.”
The University of Delaware women's soccer team, along with the UD football team, is helping researchers collect data on concussions.
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