Epidemiology of head injuries focusing on concussions in team contact sports: a systematic review

A Prien, A Grafe, R Rössler, A Junge, E Verhagen - Sports medicine, 2018 - Springer
Background Although injuries to the head represent a small proportion of all sport injuries,
they are of great concern due to their potential long-term consequences, which are even …

Opportunities for prevention of concussion and repetitive head impact exposure in college football players: a Concussion Assessment, Research, and Education …

MA McCrea, A Shah, S Duma, S Rowson… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Concussion ranks among the most common injuries in football. Beyond the risks
of concussion are growing concerns that repetitive head impact exposure (HIE) may …

Analysis of linear head accelerations from collegiate football impacts

PG Brolinson, S Manoogian, D McNeely… - Current sports …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Sports-related concussions result in 300,000 brain injuries in the United States each year.
We conducted a study utilizing an in-helmet system that measures and records linear head …

Head impact research using inertial sensors in sport: a systematic review of methods, demographics, and factors contributing to exposure

E Le Flao, GP Siegmund, R Borotkanics - Sports Medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background The number and magnitude of head impacts have been assessed in-vivo using
inertial sensors to characterise the exposure in various sports and to help understand their …

Development and evaluation of a test method for assessing the performance of American football helmets

AM Bailey, EJ Sanchez, G Park, LF Gabler… - Annals of biomedical …, 2020 - Springer
As more is learned about injury mechanisms of concussion and scenarios under which
injuries are sustained in football games, methods used to evaluate protective equipment …

The biomechanics of concussion in unhelmeted football players in Australia: a case–control study

AS McIntosh, DA Patton, B Fréchède, PA Pierré… - BMJ open, 2014 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Concussion is a prevalent brain injury in sport and the wider community. Despite
this, little research has been conducted investigating the dynamics of impacts to the …

Effects of sex and event type on head impact in collegiate soccer

BB Reynolds, J Patrie, EJ Henry… - … journal of sports …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: The effects of head impact in sports are of growing interest for clinicians,
scientists, and athletes. Soccer is the most popular sport worldwide, but the burden of head …

Head-impact mechanisms in men's and women's collegiate ice hockey

BJ Wilcox, JT Machan, JG Beckwith… - Journal of athletic …, 2014 - meridian.allenpress.com
Context: Concussion injury rates in men's and women's ice hockey are reported to be
among the highest of all collegiate sports. Quantification of the frequency of head impacts …

Head impact sensor studies in sports: a systematic review of exposure confirmation methods

DA Patton, CM Huber, D Jain, RK Myers… - Annals of biomedical …, 2020 - Springer
To further the understanding of long-term sequelae as a result of repetitive head impacts in
sports, in vivo head impact exposure data are critical to expand on existing evidence from …

Head impact exposure during a weekend youth soccer tournament

SPD Chrisman, CL Mac Donald… - Journal of child …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Concussion is a known risk in youth soccer, but little is known about subconcussive head
impacts. The authors provided a prospective cohort study measuring frequency and …