Men's rugby league Salford to use gum shields containing microchips to monitor impact of collisions
SALFORD'S players will wear gumshields containing a microchip in the new Super League season to aid research into the effects of concussion. The Red Devils are to use a system designed by Welsh company Sports & Wellbeing Analytics that uses sensor technology to send data in real time to a pitchside receiver that examines the impact on players’ heads. The chip’s placement within the gumshield means it is connected to the players’ upper jaw, the only part of the body that cannot move independently of the skull. The “protecht” system is already in use in the Rugby Union Premiership at...
Source: morningstaronline.co.uk