Traumatic brain injury: progress and challenges in prevention, clinical care, and research

AIR Maas, DK Menon, GT Manley, M Abrams… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Executive summary Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has the highest incidence of all common
neurological disorders, and poses a substantial public health burden. TBI is increasingly …

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 …

Ready for impact? A validity and feasibility study of instrumented mouthguards (iMGs)

B Jones, J Tooby, D Weaving, K Till, C Owen… - British journal of sports …, 2022 - bjsm.bmj.com
Objectives Assess the validity and feasibility of current instrumented mouthguards (iMGs)
and associated systems. Methods Phase I; four iMG systems (Biocore-Football Research Inc …

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 …

Quantification of head acceleration events in rugby league: an instrumented mouthguard and video analysis pilot study

J Tooby, D Weaving, M Al-Dawoud, G Tierney - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Instrumented mouthguards (iMG) were used to collect head acceleration events (HAE) in
men's professional rugby league matches. Peak linear acceleration (PLA), peak angular …

The incidence and propensity of head acceleration events in a season of men's and women's English elite-level club rugby union matches

D Allan, J Tooby, L Starling, R Tucker, É Falvey… - Sports Medicine, 2024 - Springer
Objectives To describe and compare the incidence and propensity of head acceleration
events (HAEs) using instrumented mouthguards (iMG) by playing position in a season of …

Heads Up! a biomechanical pilot investigation of soccer heading using instrumented mouthguards (iMGs)

D Sokol-Randell, OW Stelzer-Hiller, D Allan… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Soccer players purposefully head the ball, raising concerns about reduced tolerance to
concussion and potential long-term brain health. By combining qualitative video analysis …

The application of match‐event and instrumented mouthguard data to inform match limits: An example using rugby union Premiership and rugby league Super …

T Sawczuk, M Cross, C Owen, G Roe… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The study aimed to illustrate how contact (from match‐event data) and head acceleration
event (HAE)(from instrumented mouthguard [iMG]) data can be combined to inform match …

Head Exposure to Acceleration Database in Sport (HEADSport): a kinematic signal processing method to enable instrumented mouthguard (iMG) field-based inter …

G Tierney, S Rowson, R Gellner… - BMJ Open Sport & …, 2024 - bmjopensem.bmj.com
Objective Instrumented mouthguard (iMG) systems use different signal processing
approaches limiting field-based inter-study comparisons, especially when artefacts are …

On-field head acceleration exposure measurements using instrumented mouthguards: Multi-stage screening to optimize data quality

AC Clansey, D Bondi, R Kenny, D Luke… - Annals of Biomedical …, 2024 - Springer
Instrumented mouthguards (iMGs) are widely applied to measure head acceleration event
(HAE) exposure in sports. Despite laboratory validation, on-field factors including potential …