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The magnitude of the headform accelerations increased as the drop height was increased, ranging from a minimum of 64 g from a height of 0.2 m to a maximum of 1132 g from a height of 0.6 m. The head injury criterion and maximum headform acceleration values followed a similar trend. A steep increase was noted in the magnitude of maximum headform acceleration and head injury criterion when the drop height was increased from 0.4 to 0.5 m. This indicates that the foam material was completely compressed at an impact energy above about 20 J and therefore offers little protection against impacts of greater severity. Repeated tests using a drop height of 0.3 m showed that some helmets exhibit a \u201cmemory\u201d effect, whereby impact performance is reduced by up to 50% with repeated impacts.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Conclusions<\/jats:italic>\u2014Laboratory tests indicate that current commercially available football headgear performance will not reduce the likelihood of concussion. 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