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Virginia Tech released today results from the first study ever to instrument child football helmets. Youth football helmets are currently designed to the same standards as adult helmets, even though little is known about how child football players impact their heads. This is the first study to investigate the head impact characteristics in youth football, and will greatly enhance the development of improved helmets specifically designed for children. The Auburn Eagles, a local, Montgomery...
(Ivanhoe Newswire) – Youth football helmets are currently designed the same as adult helmets, even though it isn’t known how child football players impact their heads. This novel study conducted at Virginia Tech investigates the head impact characteristics in youth football, and will greatly enhance the development of improved helmets specifically designed for children. The Auburn Eagles, a Montgomery County, Virginia youth team consisting of 6 to 8 year old boys, has participated in...
CastCoverZ!, leader in cast covers and orthopedic gear, states that although playground accidents are leading cause of injury for school-aged children, playground accidents and trips to the ER can be avoided. Hollister, CA (PRWEB) August 24, 2011 Books? Check! Pencils? Check! Crutches? Sling? Injuries are not what come to mind when thinking back-to-school time, but it is a fact that 40% of all injuries occur at the beginning and the end of every school year, according to the national...
Motorcycle helmets, while protecting bikers' brains, may also be contributing to hearing loss. Scientists mapped the airflow and noise patterns to find out why.The distinctive roar of a Harley's engine is loud, but studies have revealed the biggest source of noise for motorcyclists is actually generated by air whooshing over the riders' helmets. Even at legal speeds, the sound can exceed safe levels. Now, scientists have identified a key source of the rushing din. Researchers from the...
Most comprehensive analysis yet reveals a decline of up to 29% in bicycle-related head injuries immediately after NSW mandated helmet useBicycle-related head injuries fell significantly in the months after mandatory helmet legislation came into effect in NSW, and recent calls for a repeal of the laws should be rejected, new research based on hospital admissions data shows.The injuries fell by up to 29% after the laws were introduced in 1991, according to the study by researchers at the...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., June 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) meets today to consider hundreds of thousands of dollars in research grants specifically related to concussion - based on recommendations from the organization's new Scientific Advisory Committee, made up of the nation's leaders in sports science. NOCSAE also will discuss and consider development of a new youth football helmet standard, a new women's lacrosse...
DEARBORN, Mich., June 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AAA Michigan strongly opposes legislation voted out of the Senate Transportation Committee today which --if approved -- would repeal Michigan's nearly four-decade old mandatory motorcycle helmet law. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110321/CL67889LOGO ) Senate Bill 291 -- which was approved by a vote of five to one -- would allow individuals 21 years of age or older to ride without a helmet if they have had their motorcycle...
PITTSBURGH, June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardo Systems, Inc., the world's market leader in wireless Bluetooth communications for motorcycle helmet headsets, announced the extension of its product warranty from 12 to 24 months. The warranty extension from one to two years from original date covers Cardo Systems' line of scala rider® products, including the G4, G4 PowerSet, the TeamSet, TeamSet(TM) Pro, and the Q2(TM) and Q2(TM) Pro MultiSet for motorcycles, and the G4 PowerSet for...
WASHINGTON, May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20030904/USCSCLOGO) Name of Product: Full-face bicycle...
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