Health and Fitness

Football Team Followed For Season Measures Head Impact Severity

Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—July 25, 2016.  A study in the August 2016 Pediatrics followed 32 varsity high school football players during a season, using equipment housed in their helmets to measure the magnitude and types of impacts to the head. The study, “Head Impact Severity in American High School Football,” published online July 18, focused on three measures of head impact magnitude: linear acceleration, rotational acceleration and “Head Impact Technology Severity Profile,” a…

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