Skull Sessions
Skull Sessions
Sports Medicine Concepts
Ep. 4 - Reducing Head Trauma Through Behavior Modification w/ Dr. Erik Swartz
1 hour 32 minutes Posted Jan 6, 2020 at 10:14 pm.
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Dr. Erik Swartz, from the University of Massachusetts - Lowell and the Helmet-less Tackling Training Program, joins Mike Cendoma to discuss reducing head trauma through behavior modification on the Skull Sessions Podcast.

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References:

Could helmet-less tackling training reduce football head injuries?

https://theconversation.com/could-helmetless-tackling-training-reduce-football-head-injuries-122035

Sports-Related Concussions in Youth: Improving the Science, Changing the Culture (2014).  See page 243.

The National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research

https://nccsir.unc.edu/

STAR Study:https://helmet.beam.vt.edu/index.html

NFL Study: https://operations.nfl.com/updates/football-ops/nfl-and-nflpa-release-2019-helmet-laboratory-testing-performance-results/