Dr. Hotz on girl’s lacrosse, FHSAA decisions: Headbands are not helmets @ NPR

May 3, 2016

By KNC Staff Author
May 3, 2016

Tampa Bay’s NPR recently interviewed our director, Dr. Gillian Hotz, about the questionable effectiveness of headband use in Florida high school girl’s lacrosse:

“No helmet prevents concussion,” Hotz said. “It’s acceleration-deceleration. It’s a back and forth [motion]. So  these cap-like helmet covers, that they’re thinking of for the women’s lacrosse,  I just don’t think they’ll be effective at all.”

Read the full article at: https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/post/head-gear-florida-high-school-girls-lacrosse-worth-it#stream/0