News tagged with rugby player

Headgear, mouth guards have little or no impact on reducing concussions in rugby players

Existing headgear and mouth guards have limited or no benefit in reducing concussions in rugby players, according to Dr. Michael Cusimano, a neurosurgeon at St. Michael's Hospital.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Impact sensor provides athletic support

As athletes strive for perfection, sports scientists need to exploit every technological advance to help them achieve that goal. Researchers in New Zealand have now developed a new type of wearable impact sensor based that ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 14, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Increased success a 'virtual' certainty for rugby players (w/ Video)

Rugby players worldwide could benefit from a new virtual reality training programme created at Queen's University Belfast. Team members from Ulster Rugby have been working with researchers in the School of Psychology at Queen's ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0