Research Papers
Explore published research highlighting the science and benefits behind our technology.
Chinstraps Influence Head Impact Severity in Laboratory Facemask Impacts
The first study to systematically evaluate the influence of the chinstrap on football facemask impacts, which comprise about half of all football head impacts. SoftShox enables a chinstrap to reduce impact severity by 20%-35% compared to every other model evaluated.
Evaluation of an American football helmet featuring liquid shock absorbers
This finite-element simulation study demonstrated that a conceptual optimized SoftShox football helmet could reduce impact severity by about a third at both high and low speeds compared to existing helmets, while also reducing brain strains below proposed injury risk thresholds.
A wearable hydraulic shock absorber with efficient energy dissipation
This is the first study to integrate physical prototypes of SoftShox tech into helmets, demonstrating 100% energy absorption, temperature stability, and ability to reduce both linear and rotational forces across multiple impact speeds in tested prototypes.
A Study of Liquid Shock Absorption for Prevention of Traumatic Brain Injury
This finite-element simulation study demonstrates that a theoretical helmet architecture featuring SoftShox tech could dramatically reduce mild traumatic brain injury risk in American football.
Collapsible fluid-filled fabric shock absorber with constant force
This finite-element simulation study highlights the adaptive characteristics of early models of SoftShox technology to efficiently attenuate impact forces across different impact speeds.
Variable area, constant force shock absorption motivated by traumatic brain injury prevention
The first published evaluation of the theory behind SoftShox technology and its original prototypes. SoftShox provides efficient, adaptive force attenuation across a range of impact speeds.