Mechanical metamaterials for sports helmets: structural mechanics, design optimisation, and performance

D Haid, L Foster, J Hart, R Greenwald… - Smart Materials and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Sports concussions are a public health concern. Improving helmet performance to reduce
concussion risk is a key part of the research and development community response. Direct …

Machine learning model to study the rugby head impact in a laboratory setting

D Stitt, N Kabaliuk, N Spriggs, S Henley, K Alexander… - PloS one, 2025 - journals.plos.org
The incidence of head impacts in rugby has been a growing concern for player safety. While
rugby headgear shows potential to mitigate head impact intensity during laboratory …

Exploring the impact of sepak takraw ball heading on brain injury risk: An analytical and experimental investigation

NMH M Hassan, NH Johari, MN Omar… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Sepak takraw, a unique sport resembling volleyball but played with the legs, is popular in
Asia. Players often use their foreheads to receive the ball, exposing them to potential brain …

Towards Safe Robot Use with Edged or Pointed Objects: A Surrogate Study Assembling a Human Hand Injury Protection Database

RJ Kirschner, CM Micheler, Y Zhou, S Siegner… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The use of pointed or edged tools or objects is one of the most challenging aspects of
today's application of physical human-robot interaction (pHRI). One reason for this is that the …

Comparison of dynamic performance of Jasti and Humanetics neckforms with an inter-lab validation

AP Marino, M Jesunathadas, T Landry… - Proceedings of the …, 2025 - journals.sagepub.com
The Humanetics male 50th percentile Hybrid III neck is the most commonly used neckform
for blunt impact testing. Other manufacturers, such as Jasti Co., have developed their own …

Potential of soft-shelled rugby headgear to lower regional brain strain metrics during standard drop tests

D Stitt, N Kabaliuk, K Alexander, N Draper - Sports Medicine-Open, 2024 - Springer
Background The growing concern for player safety in rugby has led to an increased focus on
head impacts. Previous laboratory studies have shown that rugby headgear significantly …

Reliability of a Test Method to Assess Ice Hockey Head Impacts

L Nickel, D Haid, O Duncan, J Hart, L Foster - International Conference of …, 2023 - Springer
Ice hockey has one of the highest concussion rates in sport. A step towards understanding
and addressing limitations in current helmet technologies is widespread and accessible …