Effectiveness and usability of the HALO compression shirt

HALO 压缩衬衫的有效性和可用性

• 批准号: 534022-2018
• 负责人: Dickey, James
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: University of Western Ontario
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Engage Grants Program
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=649261
• 关键词: Effectiveness; usability; HALO; compression; shirt

Approximately 100,000 concussions are diagnosed each year in Canadian hospitals,and approximately two-thirds**are sports related. Prevention of concussions is a major focus for Canadians, and has been taken up by a variety**of sports equipment manufacturers. A Canadian design and technology company, Aexos Inc. (Waterloo, Ontario**Canada), has developed a compression shirt designed to reduce whiplash of the head and neck during impacts in**contact sports. The effectiveness of this technology has been assessed through computer modelling, and**laboratory testing. However, its effectiveness has not been assessed in sports environments with athletes.**Furthermore, there has been little research evaluating the usability of this equipment. This company is interested**in researching the effectiveness of their technology in attenuating the magnitude of head accelerations during**contact sports, and evaluating its usability. We have been performing research evaluating the magnitude of head**impacts in varsity football, and their neurological consequences, for the past 5 years. We propose to evaluate the**effectiveness of the HALO technology by comparing the magnitude of the head impacts from players wearing the**HALO technology compared to historical data of matched impacts when the players were not wearing HALO**technology. In specific, impacts from players wearing the HALO technology will be matched based on player**position and style of play (offense, defense, running, passing, kick return etc) to our library of more than 100,000**impacts collected over the past 5 years. In addition, we will survey the players to garner information about the**usability of the technology.

每年在加拿大医院诊断出大约100,000次脑震荡，大约三分之二**与运动有关。预防脑震荡是加拿大人的主要重点，并且已被各种运动器材制造商所承担。加拿大设计和技术公司Aexos Inc.（加拿大滑铁卢，加拿大滑铁卢）开发了一件压缩衬衫，旨在在**接触体育的撞击期间减少头部和颈部的鞭打。该技术的有效性已通过计算机建模和**实验室测试来评估。但是，它的有效性尚未在运动员的运动环境中进行评估。**此外，几乎没有研究该设备的可用性。该公司有兴趣**研究其技术在**联系体育期间衰减头部加速度的幅度并评估其可用性的有效性。在过去的5年中，我们一直在进行研究，以评估大学足球的头部**影响及其神经系统后果的影响。我们建议通过比较佩戴**晕技术的球员的头部影响与匹配影响的历史数据相比，当玩家没有穿Halo **技术时的历史数据与历史数据相比，我们提出了对光环技术的**有效性。在特定的情况下，戴上光环技术的玩家的影响将根据球员**的位置和比赛风格（进攻，防守，跑步，传球，踢球等）进行匹配，并在过去5年中收集的超过100,000 **的图书馆。此外，我们将调查玩家以获得有关该技术可用性的信息。