In anew study release todayin the Journal of Neurosurgery , a chemical group of scientists proved , seemingly , that modern football helmets are better than old leather ones . Thanks , guys . What is more celebrated , however , is that this batshit demented gadget is how the information was forgather .
The tests run here , by a chemical group of scientists associated with Virginia Tech , ground that 10 modern helmet performed importantly better at reducing the force transmitted to the skull from various type of shock . The results improved concussion risk by anywhere from 45 to 96 per centum , which would be more encouraging if the old helmet were n’t 80 year honest-to-goodness .
The study was undertaken , presumably , to combat the idea that helmet are totally auxiliary to foreclose brain injuries in football game , and are only meant to protect the skull . Even though it ’s at last usually take over thatchronic brain trauma is a a permeative issue in football , how to address it still draws heated debates .
https://deadspin.com/can-science-see-inside-an-nfl-players-skull-before-its-5920006
The by - now prevailing wisdom is that while better equipment will always be dainty , the nature of brain injury — momentum , not encroachment , crashing the brain into the inside of the skull — makes helmets secondary . On this side , though Virginia Tech claims that ’s not so , and helmet can prevent not just large concussions , but the smaller impingement that make brain hurt over the years . These are n’t unreasoning claim — they utilise information get together over several class that measures straits speedup and retardation in actual game . VT has lead previous subject field rating all helmets currently in use , and providesthe definitive and widely advert database of ratings . So there ’s some precedent for VT doing utilitarian employment here .
It ’s also enough vested interestingness , though , for the Journal or Neurosurgery torun an newspaper column ahead of issue , point out that this paper , while peer retrospect , is in direct contradiction to a previously publish paper . And , well , both probably ca n’t be right , so we should all peradventure go back and check our farsighted sectionalization .
Enough of that , though . Let ’s get back to the important part here . What the netherworld is that machine ? A fast Google picture lookup returns a few other images of the Bugs Bunny penalty machines ( impact bead tests ) , butwriteupsmainly focuson thesensors in the helmets(important ) , and not the bound - loaded - fisticuffs - mitt - like lab testing equipment ( tremendously important ) .
However ! We were able to find out you some giffable video froma local tidings / college project collaboration :
And also , just for fun , here ’s what some other helmet examination looks like with some different equipment , this prison term from BRAINS Inc. :
For now , though , get laid that modernistic helmet are almost by all odds safer than the shit we used 100 years ago . We think . But also and more comfortingly , that they are being tested by the same equipment that perforate Elmer Fudd in the head when he comes around looking for trouble . [ Smithsonian ]
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