Rotational head acceleration and traumatic brain injury in combat sports: a systematic review

KS Lota, N Malliaropoulos, W Blach… - British medical …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) in combat sports is relatively common, and
rotational acceleration (RA) is a strong biomechanical predictor of TBI. This review …

Sport-related concussion: evaluation, treatment, and future directions

L McKeithan, N Hibshman, AM Yengo-Kahn… - Medical sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Sport-related concussion (SRC) is a highly prevalent injury predominantly affecting millions
of youth through high school athletes every year. In recent years, SRC has received a …

Use of shear thickening fluids in sport protection applications: A review

M Parisi, G La Fauci, NM Pugno, M Colonna - Frontiers in Materials, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Nowadays, safety devices (eg, helmets, safety barriers, body protectors, etc.) producers are
developing and testing innovative smart materials to reach the ever-growing request for …

Padded helmet shell covers in American football: a comprehensive laboratory evaluation with preliminary on-field findings

NJ Cecchi, AA Callan, LP Watson, Y Liu, X Zhan… - Annals of biomedical …, 2024 - Springer
Protective headgear effects measured in the laboratory may not always translate to the field.
In this study, we evaluated the impact attenuation capabilities of a commercially available …

Effective viscoplastic-softening model suitable for brain impact modelling

B Dyniewicz, JM Bajkowski, CI Bajer - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we address the numerical aspects and implementation of a nonlinear
viscoplastic model of the mechanical behaviour of brain tissue to simulate the dynamic …

Effect of additively manufactured polymeric inserts on impact response of construction safety helmets

A Miceli, G Bevil, J Simsiriwong - Journal of Engineering, Design and …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Struck-by accidents (ie being hit by a falling object) are a leading cause of
traumatic brain injuries in the construction industry. Despite the critical role of hard hats in …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical behaviour of gel-filled additively-manufactured lattice structures under quasi-static compressive loading

S Black, A Tzagiollari, S Mondal, N Dunne… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
The worldwide incidence of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) is on the rise. Helmets are one of
the best technologies available to prevent TBIs from impacts to the head during recreational …

Center of mass and anatomical coordinate system definition for sheep head kinematics, with application to ovine models of traumatic brain injury

JM Sharkey, RD Quarrington, CC Magarey, CF Jones - 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pathological outcomes of traumatic brain injury (TBI), including diffuse axonal injury, are
influenced by the direction, magnitude, and duration of head acceleration during the injury …

Hearing hoofbeats? Think head and neck trauma: a 10-year NTDB analysis of equestrian-related trauma in the USA

K Mutore, J Lim, D Fofana… - Trauma Surgery & …, 2021 - tsaco.bmj.com
Objective There is a paucity of evidence about traumatic injuries and their sequelae
sustained due to equestrian injuries nationally. Methods Retrospective study analyzing …

[PDF][PDF] Studies on the Effect of Accelerated Ageing on Structural, Physico-Mechanical and Ballistic Properties of Hybrid Silicone-Ceramics Composites

K Kośla, E Chmal-Fudali, P Kubiak - Fibres & Textiles in Eastern …, 2024 - sciendo.com
The aim of this paper was to study and analyze methods of evaluating the service ability and
lifespan of ballistic armors made of a hybrid silicone-ceramic (HSC) composites …