Virginia Tech biomedical engineers announce child football helmet study
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 01:30
in Health & Medicine
Virginia Tech released today results from the first study ever to instrument child football helmets. Youth football helmets are currently designed to the same standards as adult helmets, even though little is known about how child football players impact their heads. This is the first study to investigate the head impact characteristics in youth football, and will greatly enhance the development of improved helmets specifically designed for children.