Head-impact–measurement devices: a systematic review

KL O'Connor, S Rowson, SM Duma… - Journal of athletic …, 2017 - meridian.allenpress.com
Context: With an estimated 3.8 million sport-and recreation-related concussions occurring
annually, targeted prevention and diagnostic methods are needed. Biomechanical analysis …

The mechanics of traumatic brain injury: a review of what we know and what we need to know for reducing its societal burden

DF Meaney, B Morrison… - Journal of …, 2014 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant public health problem, on pace to become the
third leading cause of death worldwide by 2020. Moreover, emerging evidence linking …

Six degree-of-freedom measurements of human mild traumatic brain injury

F Hernandez, LC Wu, MC Yip, K Laksari… - Annals of biomedical …, 2015 - Springer
This preliminary study investigated whether direct measurement of head rotation improves
prediction of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Although many studies have implicated …

Laboratory validation of two wearable sensor systems for measuring head impact severity in football players

GP Siegmund, KM Guskiewicz, SW Marshall… - Annals of biomedical …, 2016 - Springer
Wearable sensors can measure head impact frequency and magnitude in football players.
Our goal was to quantify the impact detection rate and validity of the direction and peak …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of a novel bicycle helmet concept in oblique impact testing

E Bliven, A Rouhier, S Tsai, R Willinger… - Accident Analysis & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background A novel bicycle helmet concept has been developed to mitigate rotational head
acceleration, which is a predominant mechanism of traumatic brain injury (TBI). This …

Detection of American football head impacts using biomechanical features and support vector machine classification

LC Wu, C Kuo, J Loza, M Kurt, K Laksari, LZ Yanez… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Accumulation of head impacts may contribute to acute and long-term brain trauma.
Wearable sensors can measure impact exposure, yet current sensors do not have validated …

Hockey STAR: a methodology for assessing the biomechanical performance of hockey helmets

B Rowson, S Rowson, SM Duma - Annals of biomedical engineering, 2015 - Springer
Optimizing the protective capabilities of helmets is one of several methods of reducing brain
injury risk in sports. This paper presents the experimental and analytical development of a …

Video analysis verification of head impact events measured by wearable sensors

N Cortes, AE Lincoln, GD Myer… - … American journal of …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Wearable sensors are increasingly used to quantify the frequency and
magnitude of head impact events in multiple sports. There is a paucity of evidence that …

Neck muscular strength, training, performance and sport injury risk: a review

C Hrysomallis - Sports Medicine, 2016 - Springer
The neck musculature has an essential role in positioning and stabilising the head and may
influence sport performance and injury risk. The objectives of this review are to (1) compare …

Head impact research using inertial sensors in sport: a systematic review of methods, demographics, and factors contributing to exposure

E Le Flao, GP Siegmund, R Borotkanics - Sports Medicine, 2022 - Springer
Background The number and magnitude of head impacts have been assessed in-vivo using
inertial sensors to characterise the exposure in various sports and to help understand their …