The results of at least two recent studies, however, suggest that reductions in full - contact practices can be accompished safely without putting players at
additional risk, while researchers continue looking for the head trauma «holy grail»: a threshold - whether it is number of hits per week, over the course of the season, of a certain
force, or to a certain part of the helmet (e.g. facemask, top of the head) above which players are at an unacceptably high risk of
permanent brain injury.
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