Evolution of safety with the times! From cuts to shocks

Rugby is an intense contact sport and injuries are common. Head injuries can be extremely dangerous depending on the condition. For this reason, it is recommended that all players wear head caps. In Japan, wearing a head cap is mandatory for high school students. However, what is surprisingly little known is the purpose of wearing a head cap.

The answer is written on the World Rugby Association's website.

Quoted from the WR Association website, Article 12 of the Regulations

https://www.world.rugby/the-game/facilities-equipment/equipment/specifications/headgear

The translation of Article 12 of the Regulations is as follows:

(I will transcribe the text translated by Google)

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Since the mid-1990s, the use of padded clothing, especially headgear, has become common in the sport of rugby. During this time, World Rugby aimed to create performance specifications to ensure that the use of these devices did not substantially affect the way the game was played. This specification for headgear, shoulder pads and chest pads was intended to encourage players to protect themselves rather than provide additional protective equipment . Headgear conforming to this specification is intended to protect against cuts and abrasions. Headgear conforming to this regulation has limited impact acceleration mitigation properties and is not intended to protect against mild traumatic brain injury or skull fractures.

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To reiterate, what traditional head caps are intended to protect is

It's to protect your head from injuries such as cuts and abrasions.

However, in recent years, the rugby world has increasingly focused on mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), such as concussion caused by impact, rather than cuts and abrasions when it comes to head injuries.

N-PRO has faced this issue and developed a head cap to reduce the impact to the head that causes concussion. The WR Association also expects the effect of this head cap, and has established a new rule in Article 12 of the regulations to allow the adoption of N-PRO.

It looks like a head cap, but the contents are different!

The N-PRO is specially designed to reduce shock and is made of five layers of special materials. The middle layer is designed with a viscoelastic material with excellent viscoelasticity. This shock reduction technology is patented as a proprietary technology called Defentix™.

The structure of the N-PRO is significantly different from conventional head caps. It has been proven that the impact reduction effect is up to 75% when compared to other companies' products under the same conditions.

Although we cannot guarantee that N-PRO products will 100% prevent injuries, they are head caps developed based on scientific evidence.

N-PRO is

Protects your head from cuts, abrasions and impacts .

If you would like to know more about our products or try them out, please feel free to contact us.

A Japanese staff member will assist you.

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Email: info@n-projpn.com

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