Football Neck Fracture In Real Time

  

For the first time, technology has captured in real time the impact that caused a high school football player to break his neck in a head-down tackle. Read the rest at Futurity.

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Head Blows In College Football By Position [CHART]

  
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The most frequently battered player in the study sustained 1,444 jolts. On average, players sustained such impacts 14.3 times each game and 6.3 times each practice. The total number of impacts is of interest to researchers because many suspect that an accumulation of head trauma, even if no single blow results in a concussion, could still injure the brain in subtle ways. Read the rest at Futurity.

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