AFLW player world's first female athlete with CTE

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Deceased AFLW subordinate Heather Anderson has go the world's archetypal pistillate jock to beryllium diagnosed with CTE, a degenerative encephalon illness caused by repetition concussions.

Anderson died by termination astatine the property of 28 successful November, and her encephalon was donated to researchers by her household successful the aftermath.

Following an autopsy, researchers said Anderson met the criteria for low-stage CTE aft discovering 3 lesions connected her brain, thing abnormal for idiosyncratic her age.

"Seeing that level of encephalon illness from idiosyncratic successful their 20s is precise astonishing and somewhat shocking," Dr Michael Buckland of the Australian Sports Brain Bank told 9News Adelaide.

'Shattered' teammates person paid tribute to Heather Anderson pursuing her decease astatine the property of 28. (Michael Dodge/Getty Images)

"It surely should beryllium a wake-up telephone that determination is simply a illness that's present starting to creep into the domain of women's interaction sports."

Anderson was a subordinate of the Adelaide Crows' inaugural AFLW premiership-winning broadside successful 2017 and played 8 games earlier retiring owed to a superior enarthrosis dislocation.

She suffered 1 authoritative concussion during her AFLW career, but her household believes she suffered aggregate caput knocks that went undiagnosed portion increasing up playing some Australian rules shot and rugby.

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is simply a degenerative encephalon illness that tin lone beryllium determined by an autopsy. It was recovered to beryllium successful the brains of VFL and AFL players Graham 'Polly' Farmer, Shane Tuck and Danny Frawley.

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