University of North Carolina and Boston University School of Medicine Studies
Bob Simon, a 60 Minutes correspondent, reported the following on October 11, 2009:
As many as three million sports related concussions happen every year. And new research shows that their effects can be
frighteningly long-lasting, even leading to permanent brain damage and the early onset of dementia. While concussions happen in
many sports, most happen in football. They can happen to kids, to the pros….
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NCCSIR
The National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research (NCCSIR) collects and disseminates death and permanent disability
sports injury data that involve brain and/or spinal cord (head and neck) injuries. The following statistics for high school and college
football players (the largest football market segment with football being the most popular sport for this segment) provide a candid
“snapshot” supporting the vital need for the IPS innovative safety insulating elements. IPS is designed to minimize and reduce the
occurrence of head, concussion, neck, and shoulder injuries caused by collision forces. Its single system design is an enhanced and
safer replacement for the current market’s dual systems - separate helmet systems and shoulder pad systems.
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AANS and CPSC Studies and Statistics
According to an American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) study utilizing U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
(CPSC) data, there were an estimated 446,788 sports-related head injuries treated at U.S. hospital emergency rooms in 2009. This
number represents an increase of nearly 95,000 sports-related injuries from the prior year. All of the 20 sports noted below posted
increases in the number of injuries treated in 2009, except for trampolines, which posted 52 fewer injuries in 2009. Sports that
exhibited substantial increases from 2008 to 2009 included water sports (11,239 to 28,716*), cycling (70,802 to 85,389), baseball
and softball (26,964 to 38,394) and basketball (27,583 to 34,692).
*Four categories were tabulated by the AANS in the current analysis that were not reflected in the 2008 injury data analysis, but
together, these account for only 1,397 injuries.
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