Field-based measures of head impacts in high school football athletes.
Current opinion in pediatrics | 9 Oct 2012
SP Broglio, JT Eckner and JS Kutcher
Abstract
Recent technological advances have allowed the in-vivo measurement of impacts sustained to the head during helmeted sports. These measurements are of interest to researchers and clinicians for their potential to understand both the underlying mechanics of concussive injuries and the potential for real-time injury diagnostics. Following an overview of impact biomechanics, this review will evaluate the following: in-vivo technology being used in American football players; impact frequencies and magnitudes; and the biomechanical threshold for concussion.
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- National Football League, Biomechanics, High school, Technology, Injury, Concussion, High school football, American football
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