Researchers identify head impact rates in four major high school sports

News release: Researchers Identify Head Impact Rates in Four Major High School Sports – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Original study: Sport- and Gender-Based Differences in Head Impact Exposure and Mechanism in High School Sports – Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine

Commentary on Twitter

Excited to share our publication in @OJSM_SportsMed with @kristyarb and @drtinamaster! Male and female high school soccer had the highest head impact rate across four sports. Male teams also had higher impact rates than female teams of the same sport.https://t.co/eMOL925s04 https://t.co/elutojRfwJ

— Colin Huber (@Colin_M_Huber) March 18, 2021