Moreover, Ankrah and Mills, 2003 showed that the models they tested absorbed the maximum force by 86-93%. Nike have taken it one step further by providing multiple sizes, ranging from XS to L ensuring maximum comfort no matter what your size. The minimum and the maximum values measured by Load Cell-1 in the trials were not included in the statistical analysis. I am so thrilled to have done business with you all, and I definitely hope to do so again in the future.

Shinguards should fit from just above the bend of your ankle when you flex your foot to a couple of inches below the knee. Their main function is to protect the soft tissues and bones in the lower extremities from external impact. However, if you would like to, you can change your settings at any time using the Change cookie settings link in the Special menu.These include cookies that allow you to be remembered as you explore the site within a single session or, if you request, from session to session. By using this setting, we measured the forces transmitted to the front of the tibia covered with soft tissue rather than the forces reaching the inside of the shin guard. Shin guards provide shock absorption and facilitate energy dissipation, thereby decreasing the risk of serious injuries. Cattermole showed that damage on the shin guards occurred in 16,9% during a tackle (Cattermole, 1996). These data were obtained from players who wore standard shin guards meeting the requirements of the BS-EN 13061.

The impact values (Low Impact Force-LIF/High Impact Force-HIF) were recorded from Load Cell-1 ( Picture 2). It is accepted that custom-made carbon fiber shin guards, as tested in this study have a better fitting between tibia and shin guard (Ekstrand and Gillquist, 1982). The maximum kinetic energy in football collisions has been roughly estimated as 680 Nm (Gainor et al. In this study, the sensors were attached to the front of the tibia on the soft tissue covering the whole surface under the shin guard. When comparing the maximum force and the impulse, significant differences were found between the shin guard models (p = 0.Because of those limitations have also been noticed in other studies, artificial tibia models were preferred (Francisco et al. To increase energy absorption, the shin guard shell should be thick and rigid in the transverse direction; however, an increase in length does not provide better shock absorption (Ankrah and Mills, 2003; Francisco et al. In: Proceeding of Society of Automotive Engineers, 29th Stapp Car Crash Conference, Warrendale, PA, USA. When comparing for mean force, peak force and impulse, both carbon fiber shin guards performed better than the commercial ones (Adidas Predator™, Adidas UCL™, and Nike Mercurial™) (p = 0. An artificial tibia prepared by condensed foam and reinforced by carbon fibers protected with soft clothing.