Falling off a horse at high-speed changes the impact to the rider's head and the parameters for a quality helmet, according to new research from the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab. Published on April 28 in ...

Background Risk of head injury associated with equestrian sports is high, with epidemiological studies reporting a comparable risk of severe head injury similar to those seen in off-road vehicular ...

In 2022, Gould, along with Kevin Schrum, Ph.D., research scientist in the UAB School of Engineering, studied the efficacy of equestrian helmets. Gould and her team continue to research equestrian ...

A researcher with the University of Alabama at Birmingham Sports and Exercise Medicine is presenting results of two studies on equestrian helmets at the 6th International Consensus Conference on ...

Falling off a horse at high-speed changes the impact to the rider's head and the parameters for a quality helmet, according to new research. The findings indicate that head impacts during falls at ...

Researchers from the UAB Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine conducted the studies in a mechanical engineering laboratory at UAB with the use of test dummies. One study examined a standard ...

Building on previous research, the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab released an updated set of equestrian ratings that considers impact scenarios where the horse and rider are moving with horizontal velocity, ...