Head impact sensor studies in sports: a systematic review of exposure confirmation methods

DA Patton, CM Huber, D Jain, RK Myers… - Annals of biomedical …, 2020 - Springer
To further the understanding of long-term sequelae as a result of repetitive head impacts in
sports, in vivo head impact exposure data are critical to expand on existing evidence from …

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 …

Immunoglobulin A autoreactivity toward brain enriched and apoptosis-regulating proteins in saliva of athletes after acute concussion and subconcussive impacts

E Pin, EF Petricoin, N Cortes, TG Bowman… - Journal of …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
The diagnosis and management of concussion is hindered by its diverse clinical
presentation and assessment tools reliant on subjectively experienced symptoms. The …

Development of a machine-learning-based classifier for the identification of head and body impacts in elite level Australian rules football players

P Goodin, AJ Gardner, N Dokani, B Nizette… - Frontiers in sports and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Exposure to thousands of head and body impacts during a career in contact
and collision sports may contribute to current or later life issues related to brain health …

Interaction of surface type, temperature, and week of season on concussion risk in the National Football League: a Bayesian analysis

JM Smoliga, SK Deshpande, ZO Binney - Epidemiology, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Background: Artificial turf fields and environmental conditions may influence sports
concussion risk, but existing research is limited by uncontrolled confounding factors, limited …

Repetitive head impacts in youth football: description and relationship to white matter structure

KJ Nilsson, HG Flint, Y Gao, L Kendrick… - Sports …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Few studies have examined white matter with diffusion tensor imaging in 8-to
12-year-old collision sport (CS) athletes. Hypothesis: Youth CS athletes will demonstrate …

Concussions in Athletes

J Yang, R Recker, L Sullivan - … Handbook of Mental Health in Elite …, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
Concussion, a type of traumatic brain injury, can result in a range of signs and symptoms,
such as confusion, concentration problems, emotional difficulties, irritability, and memory …

Special issue on the NCAA-DoD CARE consortium research

B Rowson, JD Stitzel, SM Duma - Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2019 - Springer
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the US Department of Defense
(DoD) partnered to establish the NCAA-DoD Grand Alliance and the Concussion …

What factors influence concussion risk in American football? Bayesian analysis of 8 seasons of National Football League data

JM Smoliga, ZO Binney - medRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
Abstract Importance Professional American football players are concerned that artificial turf
playing surfaces and extended seasons increase health risks, but existing research is …

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy

WB Barr, S Karantzoulis - Handbook on the Neuropsychology of Aging and …, 2019 - Springer
Neurodegenerative conditions associated with sports participation have been described in
the medical literature for nearly 100 years with the initial studies focusing on retired boxers …