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New Helmet Technology Reduces Brain Injury
It’s been about 15 years since neurosurgeon Hans von Holst decided he was tired of seeing so little done to reduce the severity of head injuries from sports or bicycle accidents that he saw in the emergency room at Stockholm’s Karolinska Hospital. He contacted KTH researcher Peter Halldin, beginning a collaboration that’s now on the verge of transforming EU standards for helmets.
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Simulations show how helmets would have protected bike crash victims' brains
Bicycle helmets can reduce the risk of concussions by 54 percent, and drastically cut the risk of skull fractures, according to a study at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.