Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative tauopathy associated with
repetitive head impacts (RHI), but the components of RHI exposure underlying this …

Objectives The aims were to (1) examine the rates and mechanisms of concussion and head
impact in youth football (high school level or younger);(2) identify modifiable risk factors for …

Background: Exposure to head acceleration events (HAEs) has been associated with player
sex, player position, and player experience in North American football, ice hockey, and …

Approximately 3.5 million youth and adolescents in the US play football, a sport with one of
the highest rates of concussion. Repeated subconcussive head impact exposure (HIE) may …

Head impact exposure is often quantified using peak resultant kinematics. While kinematics
describes the inertial response of the brain to impact, they do not fully capture the dynamic …

This study evaluated head impact exposure (HIE) metrics in relation to individual-level
determinants of HIE. Youth (n= 13) and high school (n= 21) football players were …

To reduce head impact exposure, a number of youth football organizations have begun
teaching tackling technique. This study sought to develop and utilize a set of tackling form …

BACKGROUND The issue of whether sports-related head trauma at the youth level can
result in long-term sequelae that may negatively impact the participant has been widely …

This thesis explores methods to improve the identification of sports related concussion in
Australian football. At the professional level, differences in head impact exposure between …