Measuring Head Impacts in Sports

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Conditions studied: Brain Injuries, Brain Concussion

In brief

Head impacts in sports can lead to brain injury even when the participant is wearing a helmet. The forces that contribute to brain injury from sports-related head impacts are not well understood. This study will test a new device to measure the speed of head impacts among football players.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00060827

Run by

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

People needed

0

Last updated by the study team

2014-10-30

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 24. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• College football players

Where it is running

• Penn State University — State College, Pennsylvania, United States

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