Concussion biomechanics, head acceleration exposure and brain injury criteria in sport: a review

G Tierney - Sports biomechanics, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
There are mounting concerns surrounding the risk of neurodegenerative diseases and
complications associated with concussion incidence and repetitive head acceleration events …

On-field deployment and validation for wearable devices

C Kuo, D Patton, T Rooks, G Tierney… - Annals of biomedical …, 2022 - Springer
Wearable sensors are an important tool in the study of head acceleration events and head
impact injuries in sporting and military activities. Recent advances in sensor technology …

Mechanistic insights into human brain impact dynamics through modal analysis

K Laksari, M Kurt, H Babaee, S Kleiven, D Camarillo - Physical review letters, 2018 - APS
Although concussion is one of the greatest health challenges today, our physical
understanding of the cause of injury is limited. In this Letter, we simulated football head …

Development, validation and pilot field deployment of a custom mouthpiece for head impact measurement

AM Rich, TM Filben, LE Miller, BT Tomblin… - Annals of biomedical …, 2019 - Springer
The objective of this study was to develop a mouthpiece sensor with improved head
kinematic measurement for use in non-helmeted and helmeted sports through laboratory …

Time window of head impact kinematics measurement for calculation of brain strain and strain rate in American football

Y Liu, AG Domel, NJ Cecchi, E Rice, AA Callan… - Annals of biomedical …, 2021 - Springer
Wearable devices have been shown to effectively measure the head's movement during
impacts in sports like American football. When a head impact occurs, the device is triggered …

Consensus head acceleration measurement practices (CHAMP): laboratory validation of wearable head kinematic devices

L Gabler, D Patton, M Begonia, R Daniel… - Annals of Biomedical …, 2022 - Springer
Wearable devices are increasingly used to measure real-world head impacts and study
brain injury mechanisms. These devices must undergo validation testing to ensure they …

Head impact exposure and biomechanics in university varsity women's soccer

R Kenny, M Elez, A Clansey, N Virji-Babul… - Annals of biomedical …, 2022 - Springer
Soccer is a unique sport where players purposefully and voluntarily use their unprotected
heads to manipulate the direction of the ball. There are limited soccer head impact exposure …

Characterizing head impact exposure in youth female soccer with a custom-instrumented mouthpiece

LE Miller, EK Pinkerton, KC Fabian, LC Wu… - Research in Sports …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
While many research efforts have focused on head impact exposure in professional soccer,
there have been few studies characterizing exposure at the youth level. The aim of this study …

Head acceleration events in male community Rugby players: an observational cohort study across four playing grades, from Under-13 to senior men

MD Bussey, D Salmon, J Romanchuk, B Nanai… - Sports Medicine, 2024 - Springer
Objectives The aim of this study was to examine the cumulative head acceleration event
(HAE) exposure in male rugby players from the Under-13 (U13) to senior club level over 4 …

Laboratory evaluation of low-cost wearable sensors for measuring head impacts in sports

AM Tyson, SM Duma… - Journal of applied …, 2018 - journals.humankinetics.com
Advances in low-cost wearable head impact sensor technology provide potential benefits
regarding sports safety for both consumers and researchers. However, previous laboratory …