World Rugby is the first sports governing body to use smart mouthguards for in-game assessments of concussions. The NFL is among those watching how it unfolds.
On Feb. 10, in the 17th minute of an international rugby match, Scotland’s George Turner made history. He was the first player in the annual Six Nations Championship, one of rugby’s premier competitions, to be flagged by a high-impact alert from an instrumented mouthguard, requiring him to be assessed by a sideline doctor. World Rugby is the first sports governing body to implement instrumented mouthguards, also known as smart mouthguards, into its Head Injury Assessment protocol.
A number that’s too low could overwhelm the medical staff and disrupt the game with unnecessary evaluations. A number that’s too high could lead to no alerts and the questioning of the purpose of using instrumented mouthguards at all. Falvey identified the sweet spot as having about one extra alert per game. At the 2024 Six Nations Championship, on-field doctors were flagged when a player’s mouthguard registered an acceleration above 70 g’s and 4,500 radians per second squared .
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