• Läkartidningen · Sep 2005

    Review

    [There is a strong evidence that professional boxing results in chronic brain damage. The more head punches during a boxer's career, the bigger is the risk].

    • Kaj Blennow, Cornel Popa, Abdullah Rasulzada, Lennart Minthon, Anders Wallin, and Henrik Zetterberg.
    • Institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap, Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset/Mölndal, Sweden. kaj.blennow@neuro.gu.se
    • Lakartidningen. 2005 Sep 5; 102 (36): 2468-70, 2472-5.

    AbstractThe clinical symptomatology and pathogenic mechanisms of chronic traumatic brain injury associated with boxing (CTBI-B) is reviewed. This syndrome is also known as punch drunk syndrome or dementia pugilistica. Since even milder forms of CTBI-B are rare among amateur boxers, we make a distinction between amateur and professional boxing throughout the review. Focus is also set on the interesting similarities in neurochemical changes and pathogenic mechanisms between CTBI-B, acute traumatic brain injury (e.g. road traffic accidents) and Alzheimer's disease.

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