Since 2012 the NFL has been running simulations to test helmets, which manufacturers submit to on a voluntary basis. Researchers on contract with the NFL mount the helmet to a dummy head (outfitted ...

Objective To investigate the heading demands of elite footballers during training sessions using instrumented mouthguards (iMGs). Methods Methods followed the Consensus Head Acceleration Measure ...

The cumulative number and force of head hits that American football players experienced were associated with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), an analysis of autopsy data showed. Players who ...

1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, USA 2 School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Virginia Tech – Wake Forest University, Winston ...