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Brain Saver
COURTESY OF Q-COLLAR
TEST RUN: A soccer player wears a Q-Collar during a game. The device behind her ear helps measure the impact of hits.
Contact sports can be dangerous. Even small hits to the head can cause concussions, or brain injuries. But a new device, called a Q-Collar, may help keep athletes safe. The collar presses on the jugular vein, which carries blood from the head. This traps a small amount of blood in the brain, cushioning the organ “like an air bag,” says Gregory Myer, a sports medicine researcher at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in Ohio. Myer recently found that the device helped protect high school soccer players from head injuries.
This graph shows approximately how many concussions per season occurred in various high school sports in the U.S. Which sport put athletes at the highest risk of getting a concussion?
SOURCE: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (2014)
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