2024年8月30日 · In just the past month, three young players have died after playing football, two of them with head injuries. The third death is still under investigation. After his son’s death, Ryan...

2023年2月9日 · Through better equipment, improved knowledge of head injury and better medical care, we can mitigate the effects of concussion at all levels of football. Several years ago, I was at a...

An improperly fitted football helmet is a risk factor for a concussion with more symptoms and of longer duration. Concussions of longer duration are also more common in players with an air bladder–lined helmet. Current high school football rules should mandate supervision and maintenance of helmet fit throughout the season, prior to impact.

2021年11月19日 · These tests assign helmet performance rankings based on how likely they are to protect against skull fractures and sports-related concussion. Comparing how helmets perform in real-life situations, and whether they can prevent damage or injury to deeper parts of the brain, was the focus of Myer and his team.

2024年4月11日 · Football-related Head and Neck Injury Prevention Tips. All players should receive pre-season physical exams, and those with a history of prior brain or spinal injuries, including concussions, should be identified. Football players should receive adequate preconditioning and strengthening of the head and neck muscles.

The helmet's structural safety and the way that football players use their helmets are important in preventing head injuries. Current strategies include penalizing players for high-risk behavior such as leading with their helmet or hitting an opposing player above the shoulder.

We obtained a football helmet with built-in accelerometer-based sensors, placed it on a boxing mannequin and struck it with a weighted swinging pendulum helmet to mimic the forces sustained during a helmet-to-helmet strike. We then applied layers of 1.3 cm thick polyolefin foam to the exterior surface of the helmets and repeated the process.

2025年2月8日 · These advancements further improved player safety and reduced the risk of head and facial injuries. Modern Helmets: Advanced Materials and Designs. Today’s football helmets are made from advanced materials and feature sophisticated designs. Modern helmets are made from lightweight, impact-absorbing materials such as polycarbonate and vinyl ...

The primary intent of early football helmets, first reported in use during an Army-Navy game in 1893 and constantly evolving throughout the 1900s, was to prevent catastrophic head injury and the resultant morbidity and mortality . These early helmets, then nothing more than leather padding, were slowly phased out as metal and plastics were ...

Youth football helmet testing standards have served to largely eliminate catastrophic head injury from the sport. These standards, though, do not presently consider concussion and do not offer consumers the capacity to differentiate the impact performance of youth football helmets.