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Type, Age, Reconditioning History Do Not Affect Concussion Risk, Study Finds
The risk of sustaining a concussion in high school football is not affected by the brand, age of the helmet, or recondition status, or by the type of mouth guard worn, say researchers from the...
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NOCSAE Voiding of Certification For Sensor-Equipped Helmets: A Big Blow To...
Last week many of the technology manufacturers who have been working diligently to produce products to make helmeted sports such as football safer were dealt a severe, if not crippling, blow by the...
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NOCSAE Clarifies Stance On Voiding Of Helmet Certification With Add-Ons
The National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) has clarified its stance regarding voiding of certification for helmets to which third-party after-market products have...
View ArticleNOCSAE and Helmet Sensors: An Ounce Of Prevention
There is still confusion about the recent position, or should I say positions, taken by NOCSAE over the past month, first deciding that the certification of any helmet with a third-party add-on would...
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NOCSAE Ruling On Helmet Sensors Generates Controversy
The National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) has decided, in order to "protect the integrity" of its helmet standards, that modification of helmets with third-party...
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NOCSAE Approves Development of First Football Helmet Standard to Address...
OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS - The National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) board of directors has approved the development of a revised football helmet standard that will...
View ArticleStudy Showing Football Helmet Design Reduces Concussion Rate Raises Many...
A 2014 study (Rowson S, Duma SM, et al 2014) reporting that football helmet design can reduce concussion risk has prompted criticism from those with a stake in football helmet design.read more
View ArticleResearch Papers and Peer-Reviewed Studies: A World of Difference
Last week, we posted to the site a group of four articles about a peer-reviewed study in the Journal of Neurosurgery showing that football helmet design affected concussion risk among a large group...
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NOCSAE Meeting: Lots Of Questions, But No Answers
Last Friday, I attended the summer meeting of the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) at the Boston Harbor Hotel. It was hard to be inside on such a spectacular...
View ArticleImpact Sensors: Frequently Asked Questions
Until very recently, impact sensors - accelerometers measuring the forces which, when transmitted to the brain, cause sports-related concussions - were only used by scientists in conducting research....
View Article2013 STAR Helmet Ratings: NOCSAE Urges Results Be Viewed With Caution
The following is a statement issued by the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) on the 2013 Virginia Tech STAR ratings for football helmets: read more
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Type, Age, Reconditioning History Do Not Affect Concussion Risk, Study Finds
The risk of sustaining a concussion in high school football is not affected by the brand, age of the helmet, or recondition status, or by the type of mouth guard worn, say researchers from the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NOCSAE Voiding of Certification For Sensor-Equipped Helmets: A Big Blow To...
Last week many of the technology manufacturers who have been working diligently to produce products to make helmeted sports such as football safer were dealt a severe, if not crippling, blow by the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NOCSAE Clarifies Stance On Voiding Of Helmet Certification With Add-Ons
The National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) has clarified its stance regarding voiding of certification for helmets to which third-party after-market products have...
View ArticleNOCSAE and Helmet Sensors: An Ounce Of Prevention
There is still confusion about the recent position, or should I say positions, taken by NOCSAE over the past month, first deciding that the certification of any helmet with a third-party add-on would...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NOCSAE Ruling On Helmet Sensors Generates Controversy
The National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) has decided, in order to "protect the integrity" of its helmet standards, that modification of helmets with third-party...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NOCSAE Approves Development of First Football Helmet Standard to Address...
OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS - The National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) board of directors has approved the development of a revised football helmet standard that will...
View ArticleStudy Showing Football Helmet Design Reduces Concussion Rate Raises Many...
A 2014 study (Rowson S, Duma SM, et al 2014) reporting that football helmet design can reduce concussion risk has prompted criticism from those with a stake in football helmet design.read more
View ArticleResearch Papers and Peer-Reviewed Studies: A World of Difference
Note to reader: I wrote this blog on February 25, 2014 and updated it to include new information and updates one year later February 25, 2015 about a new "helmet add-on paper. Last week, we posted to...
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NOCSAE Meeting: Lots Of Questions, But No Answers
Last Friday, I attended the summer meeting of the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) at the Boston Harbor Hotel. It was hard to be inside on such a spectacular...
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