A pilot case crossover study of the use of padded headgear in junior Australian football

Catherine Willmott; Jonathan Reyes; Jack V.K. Nguyen; Andrew McIntosh; Jennifer Makovec-Knight; Michael Makdissi; Patrick Clifton; Peter Harcourt; Biswadev Mitra

doi:10.2217/cnc-2022-0005

A pilot case crossover study of the use of padded headgear in junior Australian football

Catherine Willmott, Jonathan Reyes, Jack V.K. Nguyen, Andrew McIntosh, Jennifer Makovec-Knight, Michael Makdissi, Patrick Clifton, Peter Harcourt, Biswadev Mitra

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Aim: To explore soft-shell padded headgear (HG) use, player behavior and injuries associated with HG in junior Australian football. Methods: Prospective case-crossover with head impact measurement, injury surveillance and video review. Results: 40 players (mean age: 12.43 years, standard deviation: 1.36) across 15 matches were observed. Frequency of head/neck (p = 0.916) or body (p = 0.883) contact events, and match incidents were similar between HG and no HG conditions. Without HG, females had higher frequency of body contacts compared with males (p = 0.015). Males sustained more body contacts with HG than without HG (p = 0.013). Conclusion: Use of HG in junior football was not associated with injury or head contact rate. Associations between HG use and body contact may differ across sexes. (ID: ACTRN12619001165178).

Original language	English
Article number	CNC99
Number of pages	14
Journal	Concussion
Volume	7
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2217/cnc-2022-0005
Publication status	Published - Dec 2022

Keywords

behavior
headgear
injury surveillance
mild traumatic brain injury
sport-related concussion
youth football

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