Impact Attenuating Capabilities of an American Football Helmet Across a Partial Season of College Football

An abstract of a study by Gould et al identifying potential changes in the capability of an American football helmet to mitigate blunt impact forces is presented. Due to the low number of impacts received between testing periods, the findings were not unexpected. To fully understand if cumulative helmet service-life affects dynamic head response, future work should extend across multiple competitive seasons and reconditioning periods.