RESEARCH
SHOWS RIDDELL REVOLUTION FOOTBALL HELMET PROVIDES
BETTER PROTECTION AGAINST CONCUSSIONS
DALLAS (January 9, 2006) – Today
at the American Football Coaches Association national convention,
football helmet manufacturer Riddell announced the findings
of a recent three-year study of more than 2,000 high school
football players by the University of Pittsburgh Medical
Center (UPMC) that shows that the Revolution football helmet
provides significantly better protection against concussions.
The
study, which will be published in February’s
edition of Neurosurgery, found that athletes who wore the
Riddell Revolution helmet were 31 percent less likely to
suffer a concussion compared to athletes who wore traditional
football helmets. The authors of the study estimate that
the Revolution's patented technology could translate to 18,000
to 46,000 fewer concussions among the 1.5 million high school
players who participate in football each season.
