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You may have noticed the large puffy extensions on some football helmets in recent years. They are kind of hard to miss. The NFL recommended the Guardian Caps to certain positions for preseason in 2022 and extended their use recently now allowing them for use in regular and postseason play for the 2024 season. While uptake was much lower in the regular season than preseason, the big question is, do they help reduce the likelihood of getting a concussion? As with most NFL data, we don’t have that readily publicly available, and it typically isn’t published.
With the NFL adopting something, that typically trickles down to the levels below. No question I’ve seen more high school and younger teams adopting the Guardian Caps as well. What do we know about concussions at that level? Today on the podcast I have the lead author from a recently published article which also won the award for the best research article at the AMSSM annual meeting in 2024 about Guardian Caps to discuss their findings.
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Dr. Mark Halstead received his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin Medical School. He stayed at the University of Wisconsin for his pediatric residency, followed by a year as the chief resident. Following residency, he completed a pediatric and adult sports medicine fellowship at Vanderbilt University. He has been an elected member to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Council on Sports Medicine and Fitness and the Board of Directors of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM). He has served as a team physician or medical consultant to numerous high schools, Vanderbilt University, Belmont University, Washington University, St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Blues, St. Louis Athletica, and St. Louis Rams. He serves and has served on many local, regional and national committees as an advisor for sports medicine and concussions. Dr. Halstead is a national recognized expert in sport-related concussions and pediatric sports medicine.
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