adding to this site’s archived safety studies in combat sports, a study was recently published in the British Journal of sports medicine suggesting headguards can minimize concussions in combat sports.
The authors, McIntosh and Patton, recently authored another post suggesting the quality of headguards can make a significant difference in effectiveness, noted in the new study, titled Boxing Headguard performance in Punch maker Tests that “The data support the opinion that current AIBA headguards can play an crucial role in minimizing the risk of concussion and superficial injury in boxing competition and training.”.
Here is the study’s abstract –
Background The paper presents a novel laboratory method for assessing boxing headguard impact performance. The method is applied to take a look at the effects of Camiseta Selección de fútbol de Costa Rica headguards on head impact dynamics and injury risk.
Methods A linear impactor was developed, and a range of impacts was delivered to an instrumented hybrid III head and neck system both with and without an AIBA (Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur)-approved headguard. impacts at selected speeds between 4.1 and 8.3 m/s were undertaken. The impactor mass was around 4 kg and an interface comprising a semirigid ‘fist’ with a glove was used.
Results The height contact forces were in the range 1.9–5.9 kN. Differences in head impact actions between the top ten AIBA-approved headguard and bare headform in the lateral and forehead tests were large and/or significant. In the 8.3 m/s fist-glove impacts, the indicate height resultant headform accelerations for bare headform tests was around 130 g compared with around 85 g in the forehead impacts. In the 6.85 m/s bare headform impacts, indicate height resultant angular head accelerations were in the range of 5200–5600 rad/s2 and nearly halved by the headguard. Linear and angular Camiseta Atletico Madrid accelerations in 45° forehead and 60° jaw impacts were minimized by the headguard.
Conclusions Camiseta Liverpool FC The data support the opinion that current AIBA headguards can play an crucial role in minimizing the risk of concussion and superficial injury in boxing competition and training.
While measuring impact dynamics is one factor, there is still dispute on the issue of whether headguards cause less or a lot more concussions. For some functional contrary views from combat sports athletes I suggest reading this post by Ben Fowlkes which highlights some fighters’ experiences with issues such as sparring partners hitting harder when headgear is in use and also the feeling that a lot more shots land due to the bigger target created with headgear.
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