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2. How the NFL is working to prevent concussions and ... - AOL

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   For all preseason practices with helmets and regular season contact practices, they saw a 50% reduction in concussions. The league also added position-specific helmets, including for quarterbacks.

3. What’s a Guardian Cap and Why Are NFL Players Wearing Them?

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   Related: NFL Sportscaster and Former Player Irv Cross Had Stage 4 CTE, New Findings Show But while the helmets can help cushion the head, they don’t protect the neck, neurosurgeon and president ...

4. Will Guardian Caps solve football's concussion problem? The ...

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   Concussions, which are mild traumatic brain injuries that can impact brain function, are somewhat common in football, with the NFL reporting 219 concussions and 422 evaluations for concussions ...

5. Prevention of concussions - Wikipedia

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   The U.S. based nonprofit National Safety Council included state-by-state concussion prevention efforts for youth-sports related concussions in its 2017 State of Safety report. [16] Unfortunately, to date, there is no data to support the claim that any particular type of helmet or protective equipment reduces the risk of sports-related ...

6. Association football headgear - Wikipedia

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   Petr Cech wearing headgear. Association football headgear is worn by association football players to protect the head from injury.The headgear is designed to absorb the impact of blows to the head by external physical forces in order to reduce the chance of a concussion, [1] a noteworthy example in international football being Czech goalkeeper Petr Čech from Chelsea.

7. Health issues in American football - Wikipedia

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   Because American football is a full-contact sport, head injuries are relatively common. According to the San Francisco Spine Institute at Seton Medical Center in Daly City, California, up to 1.5 million young men participate in football annually, and there are an estimated 1.2 million football-related injuries per year. An estimated 51% of ...