Marucci BodiTrak’s Head Health Network aims to bring Smart Helmets and the gold standard of concussion care to youth football teams. A few months ago, we covered the development and goals of Marucci BodiTrak’s Head Health Network sensor system, a pressure mapping fabric inserted into helmets. After a successful pilot program at LSU in the […]
Steve Montador became the fifth former NHL player to be diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) posthumously. Montador passed away on February 15, 2015; he was only thirty-five years old. During his NHL career, Montador played for the Calgary Flames, Florida Panthers, Anaheim Ducks, Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, and Chicago Blackhawks. Montador, a player who […]
We all have seen it before: the kick to head, the collision with the wall, the clash of heads on the soccer pitch, the elbow up on a hockey check, the baseball chin music that gets too close to the batter’s head, the stiff body with clenched fist and eyes rolled back. I could go […]
Researchers at Virginia Tech have studied sports-related head impacts and which helmets reduce the risk of concussion best. Commencing in 2011, these researchers have released an unbiased rating system of helmets through a culmination of the last ten years of research. To ensure their system is unbiased, Virginia Tech has remained completely independent of both […]
Hockey is a sport where contact is inevitable. Each game, players check each other with incredible force and get into fights regularly. It is a culture that the sport has nurtured throughout its history and it doesn’t plan on changing anytime soon. But in a fast paced and physical game such as Hockey, concussions and […]
