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Measuring Head Impacts in Sports

NCT00060827 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL

Last updated 2014-10-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Head impacts in sports can lead to brain injury even when the participant is wearing a helmet. The forces that contribute to brain injury from sports-related head impacts are not well understood. This study will test a new device to measure the speed of head impacts among football players.

Conditions

  • Brain Injuries
  • Brain Concussion

Interventions

DEVICE

Head Impact Recording Technology (HIRT)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Rick Greenwald, Ph.D.

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
24 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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