Health & Fitness
Training Without Helmet Helps Football Players Decrease Head Impacts, Researcher Says
"Those focused on this area are trying to prevent this catastrophic and tragic outcome," said Eric Swartz, Vice Dean at Adelphi University.
December 4, 2024
DURHAM, NH - Support keeps pouring in for Sharon High School sophomore Rohan Shulka after he suffered a traumatic brain injury during a Thanksgiving Day football game. He's currently being treated at MGH.
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"Those that are focused on this area, is for this reason, is to try to prevent this type of catastrophic outcome and tragic outcome," said Erik Swartz, a Vice Dean and professor at Adelphi University. Swartz has spent much of his career at UNH.
Most of Swartz's research over the past decade was how to manage acute head and neck injuries in football players. "Then I brought my research out literally onto the field to try to prevent those injuries in the first place," he said.
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