Cyclical jamming and the weight of helmets and pads can constrict the spine enough to outcome in a temporary loss of height for some football players, a new study finds.
Previous research has recommended that gravity-related compression of the spine can reason a person to lose as much as 1 percent of their height in a regular day. Fortunately, this height loss is recovered throughout sleep.
In this study, researchers seem at 10 football players whose positions were most probable to rendering them to repetitive longitudinal loading of the spine over the course of a game due to blocking, tackling and other maneuvers.
Every player's height was calculated before and after the game. Their average pre-game height was 176.56 centimeters, and their average post-game height was 175.81 centimeters.
"The results specify that high school football players' heights reduce during the course of a game by approximately one full centimeter," study author Brian J. Campbell said in a prepared statement.
Previous research has recommended that gravity-related compression of the spine can reason a person to lose as much as 1 percent of their height in a regular day. Fortunately, this height loss is recovered throughout sleep.
In this study, researchers seem at 10 football players whose positions were most probable to rendering them to repetitive longitudinal loading of the spine over the course of a game due to blocking, tackling and other maneuvers.
Every player's height was calculated before and after the game. Their average pre-game height was 176.56 centimeters, and their average post-game height was 175.81 centimeters.
"The results specify that high school football players' heights reduce during the course of a game by approximately one full centimeter," study author Brian J. Campbell said in a prepared statement.
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