Schutt Sports announced collaboration with GForceTracker Inc that will develop the company’s head collision monitoring technology. This new technology will be placed into helmet chinstraps where users will be able to observe velocity of impacts, severity of impacts, and predict athlete energy reserves. Ultimately, the safety of the players will hopefully improve drastically due to […]
GForceTracker INC. (GFT) is doing what it can to help prevent and better understand football head injuries by using its impact sensing tech in chin guards. The GFT chin guard, which measures both linear acceleration and rotational velocity, can be strapped on to helmets much like any chin guard on the market today. Once applied, […]
Concussions, also called ‘mild traumatic brain injuries’, affect thousands of athletes yearly. Whether it’s from participating in competitive cheer leading, football, or soccer, getting hit on the head can have lasting consequences. Symptoms range from loss of consciousness, short-term amnesia, nausea and tinnitus (ringing in the ears). These symptoms can last anywhere from a few days to several weeks or longer, affecting the person in other ways such as problems with speaking, motor coordination, or memory loss.
Over time personality changes may occur. In both children and adults this can be due to headaches that are ongoing, making them irritable or short tempered.
