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12 to 28 into the lab and having them each take 36 swings at a customized crash test dummy head form. The head form was fi tted with an accelerometer that captured the resulting movement, and the sticks were also fi tted with sensors to measure swing speed and accelerations. Designated spots on the front, side and top of the head form were marked as targets for the players. Measurements were recorded on each swing. Just getting to that point seemed like a victory for Crisco’s team.
“The experiment itself consisted of tracking the full motion of the stick in 3D and measuring the acceleration of the head form on the model of a neck,” he said. “We had to develop the software to track the stick, then we had to modify the sensors and their electronics to use in this application, then we had to design and develop the neck that supports these head forms because they don’t have necks when they are
used in helmet testing. We also had to validate all the test apparatus.” Crisco, a member of the US Lacrosse
Sports Science & Safety Committee, shared preliminary fi ndings from the study with other researchers at the ASTM International conference in Atlanta in November. He is also providing a full report on his fi ndings to both NOCSAE and US Lacrosse, and is authoring an article that summarizes the study for publication in a professional journal.
Meanwhile, US Lacrosse continues to serve as an active partner in head protection discussions within both NOCSAE and ASTM, and attended all meetings of both organizations in 2012 to provide further education on the issue. “What we are looking for is a piece of equipment that can serve as an intervention for head impact,” said Ann
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Carpenetti, managing director of games administration at US Lacrosse. “We don’t want to make changes to our rules until we have a standard based on research. We need to do our due diligence.”
US Lacrosse spent more than $100,000 in 2012 on lacrosse-specific safety initiatives, and recently hired its first director of health and sport safety.
Elevate the Visibility of Lacrosse
Lacrosse has never been more popular, but there is still a long ways to go to expose more people to the excitement of our sport. Through our National Teams Program and a robust communications platform, US Lacrosse is working to put lacrosse in the spotlight.
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