Dozens of UCLA student-athletes will
participate in research by UCLA scientists that is expected to deliver
new clues about the biological and genetic risk factors for
sports-related concussions. UCLA researchers in medicine and athletics have outfitted 22 Bruin
football players with helmet sensors that measure the speed, intensity
and location of hits to the head during all games and practices. The
scientists also will track the health of 40 men’s and women’s soccer
players. The information they gather could shed light on why concussions
strike some athletes more than others, and why certain people recover
faster from head injury. The innovative studies are part of the Concussion Assessment Research and Education Grand Alliance,
a landmark $30 million initiative funded by the National Collegiate
Athletic Association and the U.S. Department of Defense to collect “big
data” on concussions. The three-year project aims to fill critical gaps
in knowledge about concussion and translate research findings into new
safety guidelines for the more than 450,000 U.S. collegiate
student-athletes...
Football players in the study will wear helmets outfitted with sensors
that measure the impact of collisions they sustain on the field. The
sophisticated gadgets wirelessly transmit data to a laptop for analysis,
and pagers connected to the helmets alert medical staff to what could
be a significant hit...
Full story at
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-scientists-will-monitor-student-athletes-to-further-explain-biology-of-concussions
As the title to this posting suggests, the article doesn't say what happens if significant injuries are found.
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