Sentences with phrase «athlete impact data»

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Because impact sensors are not diagnostic, a team equipping its players with sensors must be careful not to rely on the data transmitted by the sensors, or the triggering of an alert or alarm, as in any way determinative of whether an athlete has or has not suffered a concussion.

Interestingly, just days before the NFL's decision to suspend the use of impact sensors was announced, my local paper, The Boston Globe, came out with a powerful editorial in which it urged college, high school, and recreational leagues in contact and collision sports to consider mandating use of impact sensors, or, at the very least, experimenting with the technology, to alert the sideline personnel to hits that might cause concussion, and to track data on repetitive head impacts, which, a growing body of peer - reviewed evidence suggests, may result, over time, in just as much, if not more, damage to an athlete's brain, as a single concussive blow, and may even predispose an athlete to concussion.

My experience with the Newcastle football team in Oklahoma leads me to believe that, as long as impact sensors are strictly used for the limited purpose of providing real - time impact data to qualified sideline personnel, not to diagnose concussions, not as the sole determining factor in making remove - from - play decisions, and not to replace the necessity for observers on the sports sideline trained in recognizing the signs of concussion and in conducting a sideline screening for concussion using one or more sideline assessment tests for concussion (e.g. SCAT3, balance, King - Devick, Maddocks questions, SAC)(preferably by a certified athletic trainer and / or team physician), and long as data on the number, force, and direction of impacts is only made available for use by coaches and athletic trainers in a position to use such information to adjust an athlete's blocking or tackling tec hnique (and not for indiscriminate use by those, such as parents, who are not in a position to make intelligent use of the data), they represent a valuable addition to a program's concussion toolbox and as a tool to minimize repetitive head impacts.

Given that concussion risk is influenced by many factors in addition to impact biomechanics, viewing an athlete's head - impact data may provide context for the clinician working on the sidelines, but impact sensors should not replace clinical judgment.

Head - impact sensors have limited applications to concussion diagnosis but may provide sideline staff with estimates of athlete exposure and real - time data to monitor players.

Once attached to a player's helmet (a hockey version is available now, versions for football, lacrosse, and ski and snowboard helmets will be introduced in 2012) The ShockboxTM sensor measures the G - Force of a hit to the helmet from any direction, and then sends the data wirelessly via Bluetooth to the athletic trainer, coach or parent's smart phone to alert them when the athlete suffers a traumatic head impact that may be concussive so they can be removed from the game or practice for evaluation on the sideline using standard concussion assessment tools, such as the Standardized Assessment of Concussion, Sports Concussion Assessment Tool (SCAT2) or King - Devick test.

By reviewing the athlete's normal impact history and comparing impact data to national averages based on data collected by other users, the Head Case Impact Sensor detects head impacts of concern and alerts parents when statistically significant thresholds are excimpact history and comparing impact data to national averages based on data collected by other users, the Head Case Impact Sensor detects head impacts of concern and alerts parents when statistically significant thresholds are excimpact data to national averages based on data collected by other users, the Head Case Impact Sensor detects head impacts of concern and alerts parents when statistically significant thresholds are excImpact Sensor detects head impacts of concern and alerts parents when statistically significant thresholds are exceeded.

The Head Health Management System can track and record an athlete's impact data over his / her entire athletic career.

By analyzing athlete data on the Head Case Website, the sports community can continue to gain a better understanding of repetitive subconcussive impacts, as well as concussion symptoms and the events that led to them.

Registered athletes can store their impact data securely on the site, and data is correlated against broad data provided by both the medical community and other athletes.

Within typically one week of use, enough impact data has been collected to accurately determine a Head Case G - force threshold for each athlete.

The athlete can login via the online or mobile site to view hit count, impact data and other reports.

Impact data is sent wirelessly to the athlete's mobile and online Athlete Profile.

An athlete's individual threshold is determined by a baseline of impact activity created from data recorded by the Head Case Impact Sensor during practice and impact activity created from data recorded by the Head Case Impact Sensor during practice and Impact Sensor during practice and games.

Affordable three - stage head health management system that measures and records head impact data, profiles an athlete's head health over time, and provides diagnostic tools to detectand help prevent traumatic brain injury from undetected cumulative concussions.

If a traumatic impact occurs and the Head Case Mobile App test is deployed, once the data from the sensor is uploaded, it is automatically paired with the test data and is placed confidentially in that athlete's file for reporting and analysis.

Utilizing this technology background, Dan developed a way to record and track impact data over the span of an athlete's career in a way that is affordable to all parents of youth athletes.

Once an athlete has completed the field - side concussion symptom detection test, the data from the test is relayed to that athlete's personal profile on the Head Case Website, where it is paired with impact data collected from the sensor.

The information contained in the data transfer is the athletes unique ID for their sensor, all of the impacts since the sensor was placed inside the helmet, as well as a time stamp for each impact.

By reviewing the athlete's normal impact history and comparing impact data to national averages based collected user data, parents and coaches can make informed decisions on the head health of their athlete.