The hits just keep coming, and that’s by design. At the Virginia Tech Helmet testing labs, teams simulate impacts for all kinds of sports. “We put the helmets on a dummy head and we impact him in ...

Introduction Prior to the 2013/2014 season, the International Ski Federation (FIS) increased the helmet testing speed from 5.4 to 6.8 m/s for alpine downhill, super-G and giant slalom. Whether this ...

3 Kentucky Neuroscience Institute, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 4 Sports Medicine Research Institute, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 5 Spinal ...