Saracens trial sensors to monitor blows to players’ heads

‘We’re collecting data because we want answers . . . The findings will be reported in due course’

Ben Ransom of Saracens wears an impact sensor behind his ear to help determine the effects of possible concussion during the Aviva Premiership match between Saracens and London Irish at Allianz Park on Saturday. Photograph: David Rogers/Getty Images

Saracens players wore sensors to measure the force and direction of impacts to the head during Saturday’s victory over London Irish.
The gadgets, used for the first time in England having been introduced into the National Football League in the United States, are taped behind the ear and will help determine the effects of concussion.
“We’re collecting data because we want answers,” Saracens chief executive Edward Griffiths said. “We don’t want to meet our players in 20 or 25 years’ time and find them suffering from dementia or any similar condition and reflect that we suspected something was going on but didn’t really know. We want to know. The findings will be reported in due course.”………………… see more at :- http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/saracens-trial-sensors-to-monitor-blows-to-players-heads-1.2054165