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While monitoring will not eliminate brain injuries altogether, the benefits of early identification and prevention of further injury are numerous and real-time monitoring of head impact exposure is exactly what this school is doing with Impakt Protective Inc. Ottawa, ON (PRWEB) March 21, 2013 Graceland University (Lamoni, Iowa) will be using the Shockbox Helmet Impact Sensor in their team football helmets this year as part of an initiative to reduce the risk of concussions in student...
MINNEAPOLIS, March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With more than one million athletes now experiencing a concussion each year in the United States, the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has released an evidence-based guideline for evaluating and managing athletes with concussion. This new guideline replaces the 1997 AAN guideline on the same topic. The new guideline is published in the March 18, 2013, online issue of Neurology(®), the medical journal of the American Academy of...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) today announced an agreement to fund $855,657 in sports medicine and concussion research. More than 85 percent of this total - $727,669 - specifically will focus on research to reduce athlete concussion, which is a cornerstone of NOCSAE's mission. The NOCSAE board finalized the research funding agreement on Jan. 26, during the conclusion of the winter...
The Virginia Tech – Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences is expanding its ground-breaking research of testing football helmets to reduce the number of concussions to now include hockey, baseball, softball, and lacrosse. The five-year plan will see the Virginia Tech research center, headed by Stefan Duma, rate helmets worn by hockey, baseball, softball, and lacrosse athletes in their ability to lessen the likelihood of a concussion resulting from a violent...
LOWELL, Mass., Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Xenith LLC, manufacturer of the X2 football helmet and other protective equipment, today announced an extended partnership with Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, a two-time NFL All-Pro and three-time Pro Bowl selection. Rice, who has been wearing the popular Xenith X2 football helmet since 2011, began serving as a Xenith brand ambassador in 2012. Rice will continue to promote Xenith's innovative X2 helmet while now serving as the...
PHOENIX, Jan. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) winter board meeting begins today. During the meeting, athletic safety experts will select new sports medicine research grants submitted by leading academics across the U.S. If approved, NOCSAE will fund new and ongoing concussion and head injury research grants that total more than $2 million. "NOCSAE's grant research funding program is highly focused on advancing...
CHICAGO, Oct. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The next evolution of football helmet technology has arrived: introducing the Riddell 360. From a brand grounded in gridiron innovation, the Riddell 360 highlights the newest protection and performance benefits, allowing athletes at all levels to elevate their game from the top down. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121018/NY95264 ) Elite players at every level are turning to Riddell for its helmet's enhanced comfort features and...
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa., Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Athletic trainers, parents and medical professionals have long relied on protocols of detection and treatment to help stave off the effects of sports-related head injuries, yet many recognize the limitations of a reactive approach to the inherent dangers of contact sports. In fact, some school boards have recently considered eliminating high school football programs altogether. Today, leading neurosurgeons and pro-sports figures...
AKRON, Ohio, Aug. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) today joined National Football League (NFL) Commissioner Roger Goodell in distributing new football helmets to a youth football league in Akron as part of the Youth Football Safety Helmet Replacement Partnership's pilot program. The initiative is spearheaded by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and is comprised of various sport entities and sporting...
KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) issued a warning to athletes and parents of athletes to thoroughly understand the extent of protection provided by - or not provided by - athletic equipment worn while playing sports. This warning follows claims made by several companies that products such as head bands, supplements or mouth guards reduce the incident of concussion. NOCSAE issued the warning at...
