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Helmet Design to Reduce Spinal Cord Injuries
by Alanah McGinley on 06/26/08 at 10:16 AM ET
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From Kelly Sinoski at Canwest via Global,
The helmet, unveiled Tuesday by University of B.C. researchers, promises to lessen the direct impact to the neck by 56 per cent in a head-on crash.
Designed for hard-hitting sports such as hockey, football, snowboarding, motorcycling and mountain biking, the helmet has an inner shell that will guide the head to tilt slightly forward or backward on impact. [...]
“It’s to reduce the load in the neck so we can prevent fractures and prevent spinal cord injuries,” said Peter Cripton, a professor in mechanical engineering at UBC and co-inventor of the so-called Pro-Neck-Tor helmet.
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