Press Release
NOCSAE reported progress on youth football helmet certification, considered a solution pathway for helmet add-on accessories, established a working group to address facemask removal requirements and approved creation of a public-facing helmet database.
Press Release
The NOCSAE Standards Committee shared updates on round robin testing for NOCSAE’s new Generation III Headforms, updated the effective date for the youth football helmet standard and addressed considerations related to manufacturer authorized accessories. This was the first meeting under the leadership of John Parsons, PhD, who was appointed as NOCSAE’s new executive director on April 1.
NOCSAE Grants Index, Sport Concussion
Principal Investigator: Timothy A. McGuine PhD ATC, Senior Scientist Institution: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Abstract: High school soccer is a very popular sport, with over one million male and female participants annually nationwide....
Summaries of NOCSAE-Funded Research
NOCSAE awarded research grants to help expand the scientific background for a possible youth helmet standard. One of these studies, “Brain Trauma Exposure for American Tackle Football Players 5 to 9 and 9 to 14 Years of Age” is by a team of researchers who found that...
Summaries of NOCSAE-Funded Research
Who Are the Authors of the Study? Dr. Eamon T. Campolettano and Dr. Steven Rowson Why Was This Study Done? At the time of this study, NOCSAE’s ND006 youth football helmet standard was in Proposed status. Because this standard was being developed to help address the...
