http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2 ... ect-us-all
Perhaps the sport of American football does need modification to reduce aggression and enhance skills. Head butting like a ram may be entertaining but the cost may just be too high.
http://www.cycle-helmets.com/head-helmet.doc
sports that do not require helmets may be the best way forward
Sports that need to change
Re: Sports that need to change
What basis is there for the second article. Where is it published?
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Re: Sports that need to change
The DfT commissioned a report TRL PPR 446 in 2009. It failed to properly consider that helmets incur more impacts due to their size compared with a bare head. The short paper was in reply to some of the points in PPR 446.
http://www.cycle-helmets.com/
has the second article on its web site. It is based in part on a 2007 Velocity paper from Munich. http://www.nationaler-radverkehrsplan.d ... dule.phtml Poster Presentation: Mankind and Health
http://www.nationaler-radverkehrsplan.d ... public.pdf
The USA with all the discussion about helmets misses the important point about helmet size when discussing impacts and rotation.
Reading the USA paper and the second paper gives a fuller picture to be guided by.
It shows that the risk of impact from wearing a helmet and the accumulation of impact
forces from several impacts may be higher for wearers than non-wearers. The risk of rotational injury does seem more likely due to the extra impacts and other factors.
http://www.cycle-helmets.com/
has the second article on its web site. It is based in part on a 2007 Velocity paper from Munich. http://www.nationaler-radverkehrsplan.d ... dule.phtml Poster Presentation: Mankind and Health
http://www.nationaler-radverkehrsplan.d ... public.pdf
The USA with all the discussion about helmets misses the important point about helmet size when discussing impacts and rotation.
Reading the USA paper and the second paper gives a fuller picture to be guided by.
It shows that the risk of impact from wearing a helmet and the accumulation of impact
forces from several impacts may be higher for wearers than non-wearers. The risk of rotational injury does seem more likely due to the extra impacts and other factors.