Head impact statistics in the 11 participants in the non-collar group and 11 participants in the collar group who underwent pre-season, post-season and off-season follow-up MRI testing
Non-collar (n=11) | Collar (n=11) | |||||||
Range | Median | Mean | SD | Range | Median | Mean | SD | |
Total hits | ||||||||
>10g | 161–1279 | 777 | 799 | 323 | 409–919 | 619 | 654 | 180 |
>20g | 59–404 | 237 | 206 | 103 | 122–327 | 168 | 179 | 60.8 |
>50g | 3–58 | 39 | 34.4 | 18.5 | 18–53 | 22 | 26.4 | 10.2 |
>100g | 1–9 | 6 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 1–8 | 4 | 3.8 | 1.9 |
Total g-force | ||||||||
>10g | 3638–21 992 | 15 620 | 15 307 | 6065 | 8493–19 124 | 12 318 | 12 767 | 3152 |
>20g | 1852–14 335 | 8418 | 7585 | 3722 | 4567–11 901 | 5472 | 6488 | 2204 |
>50g | 273.5–3981 | 3183 | 2545 | 1274 | 1266–3780 | 1965 | 1984 | 715.2 |
>100g | 151.6–1090 | 742.8 | 610.0 | 345.7 | 120.2–1028.3 | 474.6 | 476.0 | 241.2 |
Average g-force | ||||||||
>10g | 14.06–22.72 | 19.75 | 19.48 | 2.82 | 15.77–22.34 | 20.77 | 19.80 | 2.11 |
>20g | 31.40–40.25 | 37.24 | 36.63 | 2.96 | 32.57–39.90 | 36.59 | 36.38 | 1.90 |
>50g | 67.12–91.18 | 77.02 | 76.73 | 6.55 | 70.33–91.82 | 73.22 | 75.74 | 6.36 |
>100g | 115.72–152.20 | 125.04 | 132.09 | 14.17 | 116.45–166.83 | 121.95 | 127.14 | 14.27 |