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...girls play may also make a difference. Kevin Guskiewicz, director of the Sports Medicine Research Laboratory at the University of North Carolina, has found that female athletes are more likely than male athletes to land on the floor or field with their knees locked. The less flexible their knees, the worse their balance. The worse their balance, the more likely they'll hit the ground or another player...
...British Journal of Sports Medicine found that the band reduced concussion risk among a group of Canadian adolescent soccer players. But some experts worry that the bands may spur more reckless on-field behavior. "I fear that kids will put these things on their heads and feel invincible," says Guskiewicz...
...much force. So it's unclear what coaches and parents can do with the impact data, at least until more is known about what causes concussions. "We don't pull people out of a game or a practice simply because they registered some high-value hit," says Kevin Guskiewicz, director of the University of North Carolina's Sports Medicine Research Laboratory, who will soon publish five semesters' worth of helmet data from UNC players showing the wide range of force that led to concussions...
...study of 2,905 National Collegiate Athletic Association players by North Carolina’s Center for the Study of Retired Athletes found that 91.7 percent of repeat injuries came within ten days of the first injury, and 75 percent came within seven days. Dr. Kevin Guskiewicz, the research director for the Center, states, “Some say we’re trying to paint this ugly picture…My goal is to help improve the game to make it a more safe game, regardless of what level...
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