[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] : Starka belägg för att proffsboxning leder till kroniska hjärnskador. Ju fler slag mot huvudet under en boxares karriär, desto större är risken

• The 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.

Subject headings

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Psykiatri (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Psychiatry (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Alzheimer Disease

diagnosis

etiology

psychology

Boxing

injuries

Brain

pathology

radiography

Brain Damage

Chronic

diagnosis

etiology

psychology

Brain Injury

Chronic

diagnosis

etiology

psychology

Dementia

diagnosis

etiology

physiopathology

Humans

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Syndrome

Tomography

X-Ray Computed

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