1 The condition is often referred to by a number of names in the medical and non-medical literature including dementia pugilistica and “punch drunk” syndrome. Whilst there exists great controversy ...

The condition is also referred to as chronic traumatic brain injury (CTBI), alongside dementia pugilistica or “punch-drunk” syndrome. Besides, other wounds emanating from boxing can amount to ...

Data sources MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE, Mosby's Index, PsycEXTRA, PsycINFO and Scopus. Key words included CTE, dementia pugilistica, punch drunk syndrome, traumatic encephalopathy, CTE, repetitive head ...