Advanced Impact Testing of Field Hockey Headgear

曲棍球是一项全球性的运动，所有年龄段的人都参加。简单地说，22名球员在一个混乱的多方向的性质与武器一样的棍棒，他们用来推动一个硬球周围的球场。球的速度可以超过每小时100英里，因此可以被认为是一个危险的抛射体。由于游戏的性质、游戏机制和运动的发展，头部受伤的可能性或增加严重头部受伤风险的情况变得更加普遍。个人防护装备（PPE）可以用来减轻其中一些风险，然而，与曲棍球头盔相关的标准或者在守门员头盔的情况下是过时的，存在的情况下，外场球员罚角球面罩。更多的认识，可能会导致从头部受伤对个人的短期和长期健康的不利影响是在运动医学的前沿moment.Recent发展，在实验设备和技术允许在发挥影响，更好地复制在实验室设置和影响的真实性质的大小被更好地记录。这些进展尚未应用于曲棍球测试，或妇女或儿童。这项研究的重点是球员的安全，并确保所有球员，无论他们坐在什么人口，当他们踏上球场时，都受到平等的保护。随着人类替代品和实验装置的最新进展，有新的方法来改善和更好地了解头部受伤的情况。这些已经被用于平行运动，如板球和棒球，但这将是第一次引入曲棍球。这项研究还将增加女性运动员的可用数据，这些数据可以用于所有运动。

Hockey is a sport played globally by those of all ages. Simplified, 22 players move in a chaotic multi- directional nature with weapon-like sticks that they use to propel a hard ball around a pitch. The ball can reach speeds in excess of 100mph and can therefore be considered as a dangerous projectile. As a result of the nature of the game, the mechanisms of play and the evolution of the sport, the likelihood of head injuries or scenarios that increase the risk of severe head injury have become more prevalent.Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) can be used to mitigate some of these risks, however the standards associated with field hockey headgear are either outdated in the case of goalkeeper helmets or non-existent in the case of outfield players penalty corner face masks. The greater awareness of the detrimental implications that can result from a head injury on both the short-term and long-term health of an individual are at the forefront of sports medicine at the moment.Recent developments in experimental equipment and techniques allow for in play impacts to be better replicated in the laboratory setting and the true nature of the magnitude of impact to be better recorded. These advances have yet to be applied within hockey testing, or to women or children.This research is centred on player safety and ensuring all players, no matter what demographic they sit in, are equally protected when they step on the pitch.With recent advances on human surrogates and experimental set ups, there are new methods to improve and better understand head injury scenarios. These have been used in parallel sports, such as in cricket and baseball, but this would be the first introduction in hockey. This research would also increase the data available for female athletes, which could be used across all sports.