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 …

A review of instrumented equipment to investigate head impacts in sport

DA Patton - Applied bionics and biomechanics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Contact, collision, and combat sports have more head impacts as compared to noncontact
sports; therefore, such sports are uniquely suited to the investigation of head impact …

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 …

On-field performance of an instrumented mouthguard for detecting head impacts in American football

LF Gabler, SH Huddleston, NZ Dau, DJ Lessley… - Annals of biomedical …, 2020 - Springer
Wearable sensors that accurately record head impacts experienced by athletes during play
can enable a wide range of potential applications including equipment improvements …

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 …

Consensus head acceleration measurement practices (CHAMP): laboratory validation of wearable head kinematic devices

L Gabler, D Patton, M Begonia, R Daniel… - Annals of Biomedical …, 2022 - Springer
Wearable devices are increasingly used to measure real-world head impacts and study
brain injury mechanisms. These devices must undergo validation testing to ensure they …

Laboratory evaluation of the gForce Tracker™, a head impact kinematic measuring device for use in football helmets

KR Campbell, MJ Warnica, IC Levine… - Annals of biomedical …, 2016 - Springer
This study sought to compare a new head impact-monitoring device, which is not limited to
specific helmet styles, against reference accelerometer measurements. Laboratory …

Altered brain microstructure in association with repetitive subconcussive head impacts and the potential protective effect of jugular vein compression: a longitudinal …

GD Myer, KB Foss, S Thomas, R Galloway… - British journal of sports …, 2019 - bjsm.bmj.com
Purpose To (1) quantify white matter (WM) alterations in female high school athletes during
a soccer season and characterise the potential for normalisation during the off-season rest …

Laboratory evaluation of low-cost wearable sensors for measuring head impacts in sports

AM Tyson, SM Duma… - Journal of applied …, 2018 - journals.humankinetics.com
Advances in low-cost wearable head impact sensor technology provide potential benefits
regarding sports safety for both consumers and researchers. However, previous laboratory …

White matter alterations over the course of two consecutive high‐school football seasons and the effect of a jugular compression collar: A preliminary longitudinal …

W Yuan, KD Barber Foss, S Thomas… - Human brain …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The cumulative effects of repetitive subclinical head impacts during sports may result in
chronic white matter (WM) changes and possibly, neurodegenerative sequelae. In this pilot …