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Miller RA, Rogers RR, Williams TD, et al. Effects of Protective American Football Headgear on Peripheral Vision Reaction Time and Visual Target Detection in Division I NCAA Football Players. Sports (Basel). 2019;7(9)doi: 10.3390/sports7090213.
Miller, R. A., Rogers, R. R., Williams, T. D., Marshall, M. R., Moody, J. R., Hensarling, R. W., & Ballmann, C. G. (2019). Effects of Protective American Football Headgear on Peripheral Vision Reaction Time and Visual Target Detection in Division I NCAA Football Players. Sports (Basel, Switzerland), 7(9), . https://doi.org/10.3390/sports7090213
Miller, Rachel A, et al. "Effects of Protective American Football Headgear on Peripheral Vision Reaction Time and Visual Target Detection in Division I NCAA Football Players." Sports (Basel, Switzerland) vol. 7,9 (2019). doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/sports7090213
Miller RA, Rogers RR, Williams TD, Marshall MR, Moody JR, Hensarling RW, Ballmann CG. Effects of Protective American Football Headgear on Peripheral Vision Reaction Time and Visual Target Detection in Division I NCAA Football Players. Sports (Basel). 2019 Sep 16;7(9). doi: 10.3390/sports7090213. PMID: 31527412; PMCID: PMC6783852.
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Sports (Basel). 2019 Sep 16;7(9). doi: 10.3390/sports7090213.

Effects of Protective American Football Headgear on Peripheral Vision Reaction Time and Visual Target Detection in Division I NCAA Football Players.

Sports (Basel, Switzerland)

Rachel A Miller, Rebecca R Rogers, Tyler D Williams, Mallory R Marshall, Justin R Moody, Robert W Hensarling, Christopher G Ballmann

Affiliations

  1. Department of Kinesiology, Samford University, Birmingham, AL 35229, USA. [email protected].
  2. Department of Kinesiology, Samford University, Birmingham, AL 35229, USA. [email protected].
  3. Department of Kinesiology, Samford University, Birmingham, AL 35229, USA. [email protected].
  4. Department of Kinesiology, Samford University, Birmingham, AL 35229, USA. [email protected].
  5. Department of Kinesiology, Samford University, Birmingham, AL 35229, USA. [email protected].
  6. Department of Kinesiology, Samford University, Birmingham, AL 35229, USA. [email protected].
  7. Department of Kinesiology, Samford University, Birmingham, AL 35229, USA. [email protected].

PMID: 31527412 PMCID: PMC6783852 DOI: 10.3390/sports7090213

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of protective football headgear on peripheral vision reaction time and visual target detection. Twenty-five Division I NCAA football players (age = 20.5 yrs ± 0.9, height = 185.9 cm ± 6.8, body mass = 99.2 kg ± 19.2, BMI = 29.6 ± 4.5) participated. In a crossover counterbalanced study design, subjects participated in one visit with three conditions: Baseline (BL) without headgear, helmet only (HO), helmet with an eye shield (HE). Subjects completed a 1-min peripheral vision reaction time test for each condition separated by 3-min recovery periods. Tests were administered using a 64 light Dynavision D2 Visuomotor board. Target detection (total hit score) was higher during BL than HO (p < 0.001) and HE (p < 0.001). Average (p < 0.001), peak (p < 0.001), minimum (p < 0.001), and median (p < 0.001) peripheral reaction times were faster during BL than HO and HE. No significant differences were observed for any measures between HO and HE conditions (p > 0.05). Findings indicate that protective football headgear impaired reaction time to peripheral visual stimuli. The addition of an eye shield to the helmet had a small non-significant effect on reaction time and target detection. These results may hold important implications in helmet design and player safety.

Keywords: college football; dynavision; eye shield; facemask; football helmet; visor

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