Subconcussive head impacts in sport: a systematic review of the evidence

L Mainwaring, KMF Pennock, S Mylabathula… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose To identify and evaluate the evidence that examines subconcussive impacts in
sport-specific settings, and address two objectives: a) to determine how 'subconcussion'is …

Leveraging football accelerometer data to quantify associations between repetitive head impacts and chronic traumatic encephalopathy in males

DH Daneshvar, ES Nair, ZH Baucom, A Rasch… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative tauopathy associated with
repetitive head impacts (RHI), but the components of RHI exposure underlying this …

Cumulative head impact exposure predicts later-life depression, apathy, executive dysfunction, and cognitive impairment in former high school and college football …

PH Montenigro, ML Alosco, BM Martin… - Journal of …, 2017 - liebertpub.com
The term “repetitive head impacts”(RHI) refers to the cumulative exposure to concussive and
subconcussive events. Although RHI are believed to increase risk for later-life neurological …

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 …

Repetitive head impact exposure in college football following an NCAA rule change to eliminate two-a-day preseason practices: a study from the NCAA-DoD CARE …

BD Stemper, AS Shah, J Harezlak, S Rowson… - Annals of biomedical …, 2019 - Springer
Repetitive head impact exposure sustained by athletes of contact sports has been
hypothesized to be a mechanism for concussion and a possible explanation for the high …

A review of impact testing methods for headgear in sports: Considerations for improved prevention of head injury through research and standards

T Whyte, CA Stuart, A Mallory… - Journal of …, 2019 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Standards for sports headgear were introduced as far back as the 1960s and many have
remained substantially unchanged to present day. Since this time, headgear has virtually …

Repetitive head-injury exposure and later-in-life cognitive and emotional outcomes among former collegiate football players: a CLEAATS investigation

J Schaffert, A Datoc, GD Sanders… - … Review of Psychiatry, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study measured the relationship between head-injury exposure and later-in-life
cognitive and emotional symptoms in aging collegiate football players who participated in …

Validation and calibration of HeadCount, a self-report measure for quantifying heading exposure in soccer players

E Catenaccio, J Caccese, N Wakschlag… - Research in sports …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The long-term effects of repetitive head impacts due to heading are an area of increasing
concern, and exposure must be accurately measured; however, the validity of self-report of …

Effects of career duration, concussion history, and playing position on white matter microstructure and functional neural recruitment in former college and professional …

MD Clark, EML Varangis, AA Champagne… - Radiology, 2018 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To better understand the relationship between exposure to concussive and
subconcussive head impacts, white matter integrity, and functional task-related neural …

Association of MOS-based blast exposure with medical outcomes

W Carr, AL Kelley, CF Toolin, NS Weber - Frontiers in Neurology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The study of effects associated with human exposure to repeated low-level blast during
training or operations of select military occupational specialties (MOS) challenges medical …