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Why head impact monitoring is all about the data
More than 50 million athletes in the United States participate in contact sports, and hundreds of thousands to millions sustain concussions annually. Roughly 50% of concussed athletes go unidentified and continuing to play for only 15 minutes after a concussive blow causes recovery time to more than double.
A comparison of non-concussive head impacts in young athletes vs. concussion-causing impacts in adult american footballers
Objective Collect head impact dose data in young athletes, using an instrumented mouthguard validated per NFL specification. Compare theses doses with published concussive head impact data. Setting Calibrate an instrumented mouthguard head impact dosimeter in laboratory on Hybrid III (HIII) dummy. Collect young athlete non-concussive head impacts on playing field using this dosimeter. Compare these doses to published concussion doses from adult American footballers.
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