Use of brain biomechanical models for monitoring impact exposure in contact sports

S Ji, M Ghajari, H Mao, RH Kraft… - Annals of Biomedical …, 2022 - Springer
Head acceleration measurement sensors are now widely deployed in the field to monitor
head kinematic exposure in contact sports. The wealth of impact kinematics data provides …

Concussion biomechanics, head acceleration exposure and brain injury criteria in sport: a review

G Tierney - Sports biomechanics, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
There are mounting concerns surrounding the risk of neurodegenerative diseases and
complications associated with concussion incidence and repetitive head acceleration events …

Instrumented mouthguards in elite-level men's and women's rugby union: the incidence and propensity of head acceleration events in matches

J Tooby, J Woodward, R Tucker, B Jones, É Falvey… - Sports medicine, 2024 - Springer
Objectives The aim of this study was to examine head acceleration event (HAE) propensity
and incidence during elite-level men's and women's rugby union matches. Methods …

Head protection in electric micromobility: A critical review, recommendations, and future trends

GF Serra, FAO Fernandes, E Noronha… - Accident Analysis & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Traffic jams are a burden in urban areas, being time-consuming and contributing to stressful
driving and CO 2 emissions. To implement the United Nations' 2030 agenda for sustainable …

A new assessment of bicycle helmets: the brain injury mitigation effects of new technologies in oblique impacts

F Abayazid, K Ding, K Zimmerman, H Stigson… - Annals of biomedical …, 2021 - Springer
New helmet technologies have been developed to improve the mitigation of traumatic brain
injury (TBI) in bicycle accidents. However, their effectiveness under oblique impacts, which …

Identifying Factors Associated with Head Impact Kinematics and Brain Strain in High School American Football via Instrumented Mouthguards

NJ Cecchi, AG Domel, Y Liu, E Rice, R Lu… - Annals of biomedical …, 2021 - Springer
Repeated head impact exposure and concussions are common in American football.
Identifying the factors associated with high magnitude impacts aids in informing sport policy …

Effect of helmet design on impact performance of industrial safety helmets

M Bottlang, G DiGiacomo, S Tsai, S Madey - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Background Comparative studies of different helmet designs are essential to determine
differences in helmet performance. The present study comparatively evaluated the impact …

When to pull the trigger: conceptual considerations for approximating head acceleration events using instrumented mouthguards

J Tooby, K Till, A Gardner, K Stokes, G Tierney… - Sports medicine, 2024 - Springer
Head acceleration events (HAEs) are acceleration responses of the head following external
short-duration collisions. The potential risk of brain injury from a single high-magnitude HAE …

Real-time dynamic simulation for highly accurate spatiotemporal brain deformation from impact

S Wu, W Zhao, S Ji - Computer methods in applied mechanics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Real-time dynamic simulation remains a significant challenge for spatiotemporal data of
high dimension and resolution. In this study, we establish a transformer neural network …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of the test methodology used in current cycling helmet standards and literature

B Emsley, J Farmer, P Sherratt, P Goodall… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cycling helmets play a crucial role in protecting against head injuries, however, their
effectiveness in mitigating all types of head injury is limited, particularly traumatic brain …