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Post by hillbillyred on Feb 26, 2020 15:16:00 GMT
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Post by twistthemellonman on Feb 26, 2020 19:40:05 GMT
Maybe it's just a coincidence but there seems to be a lot of players of rugby and NFL that seem to contract this disease. Definitely needs to be a look into it to give youth players the information to decide to not pursue a career.
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Post by Carnster on Feb 27, 2020 8:08:00 GMT
If you look into MND there's no indicator that impact sport has any factor in developing the condition. There seems to be a genetic component to it, but research is on-going. From NHS inform:
"It's not clear what causes motor neurones to stop working properly. In about 5% of cases there's a family history of either motor neurone disease or a related condition called frontotemporal dementia. This is known as familial motor neurone disease. In most of these cases, faulty genes have been identified as making a major contribution to the development of the condition."
It's still a rare disease affecting around 5000 people in the UK at any time. It's not unreasonable to think there's a common factor due to similar sportsmen suffering from it at the same time, but sometimes these things are just coincidences.
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