Physical Education Assignment

Physical
Education
Use of Helmets in all contact
sports

Question
“Should helmets be
compulsory for all contact
sports.”

First Point For-
Helmets lower the risk of football concussion by 54%
(Post et al., 2013)
References-
Post, A., Oeur, A., Hoshizaki, B., & Gilchrist, M. D. (2013). An
examination of American football helmets using brain
deformation metrics associated with concussion. Materials &
Design, 45, 653-662.

Second Point For-
The padded Helmets lower the rate of concussion in
the young Rugby players
References
Peck, K. Y., Johnston, D. A., Owens, B. D., & Cameron,
K. L. (2013). The incidence of injury among male and
female intercollegiate rugby players. Sports
Health, 5(4), 327-333.