Use of Unequal HALO™ Headgear Predicts a Significantly Lower Risk of Concussions
Unequal® Technologies, the leading provider of customized, concealed sports protection, and known for its military grade composite fortified with Kevlar® and Accelleron® used as supplemental head padding for helmets in virtually all impact sports, will be introducing Unequal HALO™ Headgear for soccer at the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Convention from January 15-17 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA.
Already established as a protective solution for professionals in pro football, baseball, hockey, even at X Games, as well as thousands of collegiate, high school and youth athletes across the country, Unequal is using the Soccer show (booth #255) to meet with coaches, retailers and soccer team personnel to showcase the new Unequal headbands a serious improvement in protective headgear.
Rob Vito, CEO and inventor of Unequal, says, “Concussions are the injury of our age. Youth, high school, collegiate and professional soccer players are at risk of sustaining a concussion at a rate that is quite alarming. With our experience in developing protective solutions for our armed forces, law enforcement and governmental agencies as well as impact sports, using our technology to help protect soccer players is a natural. The fact is, whether its headers, head-to-head collisions, head-to-ground falls or goalpost crashes, Unequal protects. Most concerned stakeholders focus on detecting and treating concussions and return to play protocols. Unequal is focused on being out front of concussions with technology that helps reduce impact energy before it gets to the head.”
Dr. Joseph Maroon, renowned neurosurgeon, Pittsburgh Steelers team physician, member of the National Football League’s Head, Neck and Spine Committee and co-developer of ImPACT®, the world-wide standard tool for assessing sports-related concussions, has evaluated Unequal protective padding and says, “One of the major predictors of the risk of concussion is acceleration, and a product’s ability to reduce it at impact. Tests performed in accordance with ASTM test standards, and also recognized by FIFA, show that both the severity index and peak acceleration using Unequal padding are significantly lower than that of the head form alone. In my professional opinion, wearing the Unequal headband predicts a significantly lower risk of concussions as compared to the head alone.”
All Unequal products with distinctive green accents use a patented, military-grade composite fortified with Kevlar® and Accelleron™ to absorb and disperse impact forces away from the head in a way typical foams of equal weight and thickness can’t. Fully adjustable Unequal Halo™ Headgear comes in many colors, features both 6 and 10mm thicknesses and is contoured to fit snugly against the head for a custom fit. Other products in the Unequal Head Protection Zone are the GYRO® for football, the SOLO® for lacrosse, baseball, hockey or action sports, and the DOME® for soft baseball caps.
