Parents throughout the country are questioning whether it’s safe for their children to play youth football and seeking safer options like soccer and lacrosse — and researchers at the University of North Carolina are trying to answer those questions. Starting this season, researchers at UNC are partnering with the North Carolina men’s lacrosse and women’s soccer teams to study how much force players endure on the field and how much force causes a concussion. Jason Mihalik, assistant professor in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science and co-director of the Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center, is leading the research.
Read more at: http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2015/03/concussions-wrack-womens-soccer —and— http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2015/03/impact-has-a-price-for-men-in-lacrosse