A pilot case crossover study of the use of padded headgear in junior Australian football

AIM: To explore soft-shell padded headgear (HG) use, player behavior and injuries associated with HG in junior Australian football. METHODS: Prospective case-crossover with head impact measurement, injury surveillance and video review. RESULTS: 40 players (mean age: 12.43 years, standard deviation: ...

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Autores principales: Willmott, Catherine, Reyes, Jonathan, K Nguyen, Jack V, McIntosh, Andrew, Makovec-Knight, Jennifer, Makdissi, Michael, Clifton, Patrick, Harcourt, Peter, Mitra, Biswadev
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Future Medicine Ltd 2023
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9855304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36694693
http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/cnc-2022-0005
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Sumario:AIM: To explore soft-shell padded headgear (HG) use, player behavior and injuries associated with HG in junior Australian football. METHODS: Prospective case-crossover with head impact measurement, injury surveillance and video review. RESULTS: 40 players (mean age: 12.43 years, standard deviation: 1.36) across 15 matches were observed. Frequency of head/neck (p = 0.916) or body (p = 0.883) contact events, and match incidents were similar between HG and no HG conditions. Without HG, females had higher frequency of body contacts compared with males (p = 0.015). Males sustained more body contacts with HG than without HG (p = 0.013). CONCLUSION: Use of HG in junior football was not associated with injury or head contact rate. Associations between HG use and body contact may differ across sexes. (ID: ACTRN12619001165178).

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