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February 10th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda FRIDAY, Feb. 10 (HealthDay News) —
Using padded headgear and boxing gloves helps boxers reduce the impact of
hits to the head, a new study finds.
The Cleveland Clinic researchers also said that head and neck impacts
accumulate fastest in boxers who don’t wear headgear and that protective
padding is especially important for young boxers.
The study was conducted using a crash test dummy and a pendulum to
replicate hook punches to the head. The impacts were measured in five
situations: without headgear or boxing gloves; with headgear and boxing
gloves; with headgear but no boxing gloves; with boxing gloves but no
headgear; and with mixed martial arts-style gloves without headgear.
The researchers measured both linear (straight line) impacts and
rotational impacts, such as those that cause the head to rotate on the
neck.
Overall, the boxing gloves/headgear combination was the most effective
in reducing impact forces. All the padding combinations helped reduce
linear impact forces, but none lessened rotational impact forces.
The study was published online Feb. 7 in the Journal of
Neurosurgery.
“There is ample medical literature that points to rotational impacts as
being key contributors to head and neck injuries,” lead researcher Adam
Bartsch, director of the Spine Research Lab in Cleveland Clinic‘s Center
for Spine Health, said in a clinic news release.
“However, padding used for boxing and mixed martial arts are still
designed to primarily reduce linear — not rotational — acceleration.
More work is needed to develop better protective padding to minimize both
linear and rotational forces,” he added.
The findings support the belief that that head and neck impacts
accumulate fastest in fighters who don’t use protective headgear,
according to the researchers.
“These results show that gloves and headgear can offer some meaningful
protection, proving that fighters — especially young fighters — should
wear headgear whenever possible,” Dr. Edward Benzel, chair of Cleveland
Clinic’s Department of Neurological Surgery, said in the news release.
More information
Read the American Academy of Pediatrics’ statement on kids and boxing
here.
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