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Helmet makes no difference in concussion risk for football players, UW study says

The risk of a high school football player getting a concussion is no different when wearing an older helmet than a new one, and the brand of helmet doesn?t matter. That?s the conclusion drawn from a study by researchers at UW-Madison involving more than 2,000 high school football players at 34 high schools in Wisconsin during the 2012 and 2013 seasons.