Kinesiology 2236A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hockey Helmet, Acromioclavicular Joint, High Force

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2236A/B
• Professor: Dave Humphreys

Document Summary

Many factors are important in the prevention of athletic injuries: design to prevent injury, to protect injured parts from further injury, proper fit, proper selection. Equipment has to be practical if it is too hard to use, put on or (cid:1) (cid:1) maintain nobody will use (cid:1) Not extremely expensive if it is too much, they won"t buy it. The main goal of protective equipment is to protect and prevent from (cid:1) an injury (cid:1) Acromioclavicular joint: layers also help us dissipate, the layers contain various materials for example the layer of foam underneath the shell helps with dissipation. Absorption to receive without recoil or echo: you want the material to absorb it, the denser the material that you have, the greater the resistance that it gives you at a high force. If they are receiving high force you want high density equipment.