Participation in sports greatly increases the chance of concussion. The goal of this project was to address existing gaps in the efficacy of available soccer headgear. The team conducted material testing, linear acceleration testing, and design validation. The headgear reduced linear accelerations by an average of 39.2% along the sagittal plane, and 19.4% along the coronal plane, while only increasing head exterior temperature by 3.6 °F during exercise. Feedback from university soccer athletes showed positive results for comfort and fit. Overall, the prototype addressed the existing gaps in the effectiveness of competing products and met the team’s design considerations.

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Creator

• Jeyaraj, Elisabeth J.
• Shooshan, Nikole Marie
• Barbour, Isaac Thomas

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042412-175936

Advisor

• Savilonis, Brian James

Year

• 2012

Date created

• 2012-04-24

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-02-02