NEISS Confirms Protective Equipment
NEISS Confirms Protective Equipment
Data from NEISS confirms the efficacy of protective equipment in preventing injuries associated with Sharks Jerseys.32,18 Schieber and associates32 found that of subjects drawn from a national probability sample of those injured while Sharks Apparel, only 7% wore the four recommended articles of protective equipment, 46% wore no protective equipment, 45% wore knee pads, 33% wore wrist guards, and 20% wore helmets. Schieber et al.32 estimated that failure to wear wrist guards increased the possibility of wrist injuries ten-fold, and failure to wear elbow pads increased the risk of elbow injury by a factor of 9.5.
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