Personal Injury Law

New Study Finds High School Football Players at Greater Risk for Injuries

By Bruce Stern

I read an interesting article yesterday in the New York Times discussing a new study which states that high school football players on average experience greater acceleration forces to their heads when they collide with other players than college players do. This increased acceleration leads to increased risk and dangers associated to the players in the form of injuries and concussions.

The article discusses The Journal of Athletic Training's researchers who studied 35 members of a varsity high school football team in Illinois. The students wore devices in their helmets for one season in order to measure the forces they were subjected to. The study found that not only did high school players experience greater acceleration at impact, but the distribution of the force to the top of the player's helmets, which could potentially lead to cervical injuries.

You can read the full article online here.

 

Full post as published by Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog on July 23, 2009 (boomark / email).