Olympics Paris 2024
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6 Aug
11:04pm, 6 Aug 2024
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IdristheDragon
Wow that must have been incredible @Curly45
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7 Aug
12:30am, 7 Aug 2024
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
What happened to the head guards we saw in amateur boxing for a long time?
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7 Aug
7:05am, 7 Aug 2024
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TROSaracen
Found to increase concussions - probably combination of larger target and the ‘give’ actually increasing the amount the brain swooshes around in the skull when a blow lands.
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7 Aug
7:19am, 7 Aug 2024
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
TROSaracen wrote: That had completely passed me by, but it makes sense.
Found to increase concussions - probably combination of larger target and the ‘give’ actually increasing the amount the brain swooshes around in the skull when a blow lands. |
7 Aug
9:06am, 7 Aug 2024
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MudMeanderer
Concussions have been found to be strongly correlated with rotation of the head (around the spinal axis) and only weakly correlated with linear movements. It's why cycle helmets typically now come with systems like MIPS/WaveCell that allows the inner and outer to move independently. Older designs without such compliance, by increasing the potential moment arm, may actually increase the likelihood of concussion relative to a bare head. I expect it will be similar with head guards. There are some interesting presentations and papers out there on modelling concussion if it interests you. |
7 Aug
9:14am, 7 Aug 2024
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Hills of Death (HOD)
I ran with Paula Fudge (and Gobi) and beat them both 😜🤣
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7 Aug
9:15am, 7 Aug 2024
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Hills of Death (HOD)
I think if you had said to Josh before the race you will run a PB and NR and beat Ingerbritsen that should be followed by and you win gold.
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7 Aug
9:16am, 7 Aug 2024
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GordonG
i think i'm right in saying that there's a suggestion that the same is true for boxing gloves. Bare knuckle fighting (not that I'm endorsing it!) may lead to fewer long term injuries because you can't punch as hard without hurting your own hand, and those fights are often over quicker (due to the amount of blood!)
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7 Aug
9:24am, 7 Aug 2024
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MudMeanderer
Apparently MMA was instrumental in a lot of the early research into understanding concussion in impact sport. At a conference I attended a few years ago, a presenter suggested older sports like rugby were very slow to even countenance helping the research (possibly due to what they may find!). MMA were very willing to stick sensors all over their competitors!
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7 Aug
9:29am, 7 Aug 2024
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NDWDave
MudMeanderer wrote: Apparently MMA was instrumental in a lot of the early research into understanding concussion in impact sport. At a conference I attended a few years ago, a presenter suggested older sports like rugby were very slow to even countenance helping the research (possibly due to what they may find!). MMA were very willing to stick sensors all over their competitors! I followed the NFL concussion research but was surprised nothing had come out in rugby at the same stage |
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