A study from UW – Health shows guardian caps do not reduce concussions in Wisconsin high school football players. Study lead author Dr. Erin Hammer says more than 2,600 players took part in the study.
“Half of them were wearing guardian caps and the other half were not,” Hammer said.
“And over the course of the 2023 season, their athletic trainers reported concussions and at the end of the season we did an analysis to compare the two groups, and we ultimately didn’t find a difference in concussion risk between the athletes who were wearing guardian caps and those who did not.”
The study found that of the 64 players who reported concussions during practice, 33 were wearing a guardian cap, while 31 were not. Guardian caps worn at the high school level are not the same as those worn by college and NFL players.