1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, USA 2 School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Virginia Tech – Wake Forest University, Winston ...

Background The long-term effect of repeated head impacts during purposeful heading in football is largely unknown. However, evidence suggests that head acceleration during purposeful heading may be ...

Researchers from the University of Michigan found significant pupillary changes in high-school football athletes after they had sustained a high-acceleration head impact. The changes were detected ...

The way our head and neck are positioned during a head-on impact may significantly affect the risk of concussion -- but tensed up neck muscles seem to offer far less protection. If you're about to run ...