A review of cyclist head injury, impact characteristics and the implications for helmet assessment methods

CE Baker, X Yu, S Patel, M Ghajari - Annals of biomedical engineering, 2023 - Springer
Head injuries are common for cyclists involved in collisions. Such collision scenarios result
in a range of injuries, with different head impact speeds, angles, locations, or surfaces. A …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of the test methodology used in current cycling helmet standards and literature

B Emsley, J Farmer, P Sherratt, P Goodall… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cycling helmets play a crucial role in protecting against head injuries, however, their
effectiveness in mitigating all types of head injury is limited, particularly traumatic brain …

A new assessment of bicycle helmets: the brain injury mitigation effects of new technologies in oblique impacts

F Abayazid, K Ding, K Zimmerman, H Stigson… - Annals of biomedical …, 2021 - Springer
New helmet technologies have been developed to improve the mitigation of traumatic brain
injury (TBI) in bicycle accidents. However, their effectiveness under oblique impacts, which …

The effect of MIPS, headform condition, and impact orientation on headform kinematics across a range of impact speeds during oblique bicycle helmet impacts

SJ Bonin, AL DeMarco, GP Siegmund - Annals of biomedical engineering, 2022 - Springer
Bicycle helmets are designed to attenuate both the linear and rotational response of the
head during an oblique impact. Here we sought to quantify how the effectiveness of one …

The protective performance of modern motorcycle helmets under oblique impacts

X Yu, I Logan, I de Pedro Sarasola, A Dasaratha… - Annals of biomedical …, 2022 - Springer
Motorcyclists are at high risk of head injuries, including skull fractures, focal brain injuries,
intracranial bleeding and diffuse brain injuries. New helmet technologies have been …

Evaluation of an elastomeric honeycomb bicycle helmet design to mitigate head kinematics in oblique impacts

ARA King, J Rovt, OE Petel… - Journal of …, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Head impacts in bicycle accidents are typically oblique to the impact surface and transmit
both normal and tangential forces to the head, causing linear and rotational head …

How Well Do Popular Bicycle Helmets Protect from Different Types of Head Injury?

CE Baker, X Yu, B Lovell, R Tan, S Patel… - Annals of Biomedical …, 2024 - Springer
Bicycle helmets are designed to protect against skull fractures and associated focal brain
injuries, driven by helmet standards. Another type of head injury seen in injured cyclists is …

Incorporating neck biomechanics in helmet testing: evaluation of commercially available WaveCel helmets

VWJ Chung, L Dias, G Booth, PA Cripton - Clinical biomechanics, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Cycling helmets often incorporate elements aimed to dissipate rotational
energies, which is widely acknowledged to play a key role in concussion mechanics. In this …

In-depth bicycle collision reconstruction: from a crash helmet to brain injury evaluation

X Yu, CE Baker, M Brown, M Ghajari - Bioengineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a prevalent injury among cyclists experiencing head
collisions. In legal cases, reliable brain injury evaluation can be difficult and controversial as …

Laboratory reconstructions of real-world bicycle helmet impacts

AR Harlos, S Rowson - Annals of biomedical engineering, 2021 - Springer
The best way to prevent severe head injury when cycling is to wear a bike helmet. To reduce
the rate of head injury in cycling, knowing the nature of real-world head impacts is crucial …