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Early Results of a Helmetless-Tackling Intervention to Decrease Head Impacts in Football Players.
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Journal of Athletic Training (Allen Press) . Dec2015, Vol. 50 Issue 12, p1219-1222. 4p. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Objective: To test a helmetless-tackling behavioral intervention for reducing head impacts in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I football players. Design: Randomized controlled clinical trial. Setting: Football field. Patients or Other Participants: Fifty collegiate football players (intervention = 25, control = 25). Intervention(s): The intervention group participated in a 5- minute tackling drill without their helmets and shoulder pads twice per week in the preseason and once per week through the season. During this time, the control group performed noncontact football skills. Main Outcome Measure(s): Frequency of head impacts was recorded by an impact sensor for each athlete-exposure (AE). Data were tested with a 2 x 3 (group and time) repeated-measures analysis of variance. Significant interactions and main effects (P < .05) were followed with t tests. Results: Head impacts/AE decreased for the intervention group compared with the control group by the end of the season (9.99 ± 6.10 versus 13.84 ± 7.27, respectively). The intervention group had 30% fewer impacts/AE than the control group by season's end (9.99 ± 6.10 versus 14.32 ± 8.45, respectively). Conclusion: A helmetless-tackling training intervention reduced head impacts in collegiate football players within 1 season. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *FOOTBALL injuries
*COLLEGE football players
*CRASH sensors
*FOOTBALL helmets
*CONTROL groups
*TRAINING
*PREVENTION
*HEAD injury prevention
*ANALYSIS of variance
*ATHLETES
*FOOTBALL
*PROTECTIVE clothing
*NECK injuries
*HEALTH outcome assessment
*RESEARCH funding
*SAFETY hats
*T-test (Statistics)
*RANDOMIZED controlled trials
*DATA analysis software
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10626050
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Athletic Training (Allen Press)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 112822487
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4085/1062-6050-51.1.06