Research Article
Potential of Soft-Shelled Rugby Headgear to Reduce Linear Impact Accelerations
Table 2
Mean (SD) values for the composite behaviour of the headgear compared to no headgear.
| | | Peak acceleration (g's) | HIC score | | 238 mm | 610 mm | 912 mm | 238 mm | 610 mm | 912 mm |
| | No headgear | 71 (0.2) | 142.6 (2.0) | 198.1 (0.8) | 100.8 (0.6) | 424.5 (4.3) | 853.1 (8.3) | | Headgear 1 | 58.2 (1.4) | 132.8 (1.6) | 184.4 (0.9) | 67.8 (2.9) | 372.8 (5.8) | 743.7 (9.4) | | Headgear 2 | 58.8 (1.0) | 131.4 (1.4) | 183.2 (2.0) | 70.9 (1.6) | 363.3 (3.5) | 741.9 (13.6) | | Headgear 3 | 60.0 (1.9) | 132.1 (2.5) | 186.5 (2.8) | 71.6 (4.0) | 371.7 (11.1) | 751.5 (15.2) | | Headgear 4 | 48.3(1.8) | 111.7(3.7) | 158.6 (6.1) | 50.4(3.2) | 280.3 (11.4) | 572.8 (32.4) | | Headgear 5 | 42.9(1.7) | 96.2 (3.8) | 136.8 (4.3) | 42.9 (2.7) | 209.7 (13.7) | 435.8 (26.3) | | Headgear 6 | 39.0 (1.7) | 93.8 (3.3) | 132.4 (4.2) | 37.4 (2.3) | 201.8 (11.3) | 412.1 (19.3) |
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