• Comfort or Protection? The Science of Hockey Pads

  • Feb 15 2025
  • Length: 13 mins
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Comfort or Protection? The Science of Hockey Pads

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  • Dive into a study examining how ice hockey upper-body pads impact mobility and comfort. Explore the trade-offs between range of motion, comfort, and safety, and how design improvements could reshape player performance.
    This episode reveals how hockey pads affect player movement during both static and dynamic tasks. Learn about the impact of different designs on comfort and mobility, and what it means for innovation in protective gear.
    Main source: Quantifying the effects of ice hockey upper body pads on mobility and comfort
    Yiwei Wu, Yanfei Shen, Yinsheng Tian, Qi Chen, Lixin Sun
    iScience. 2024 Jan 19; 27(1): 108606. Published online 2023 Nov 30. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108606
    PMCID: PMC10758976
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