It has been proposed that neck muscle activation may play a role in head response resulting
from impacts in American Football. The importance of neck stiffness and active musculature …

Most studies on football helmet performance focus on lowering head acceleration-related
parameters to reduce concussions. This has resulted in an increase in helmet size and …

This study is aimed to develop a high quality, extensively validated finite element (FE)
human head model for enhanced head injury prediction and prevention. The geometry of …

Approximately 1.6–3.8 million sports-related traumatic brain injuries occur each year in the
US Researchers track the head motion using a variety of techniques to study the head injury …

This study is aimed to develop a next-generation, high quality, extensively validated finite
element (FE) human head model for enhanced head injury prediction and prevention. The …

Head impact exposure in popular contact sports is not well understood, especially in the
youth population, despite recent advances in impact-sensing technology which has allowed …

Military personnel sustain head and brain injuries as a result of ballistic, blast, and blunt
impact threats. Combat helmets are meant to protect the heads of these personnel during …

There is a scant biomechanical literature that tests, in a laboratory setting, whether or not
determinants of helmet fit affect biomechanical parameters associated with injury. Using …

Measurements of brain deformations under injurious loading scenarios are actively sought.
In this work, we report experimentally measured head kinematics and corresponding …

Concussion, or mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), is frequently associated with sports
activities. It has generally been accepted that neck strengthening exercises are effective as a …