A Review of Instrumented Equipment to Investigate Head Impacts in Sport. (9th August 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Patton, Declan A.
• Other Names: Keogh Justin Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Applied bionics and biomechanics. Volume 2016(2016)
• Publication Date: 2016-08-09
• Subjects: Bionics -- Periodicals; Biomechanics -- Periodicals; Biomedical engineering -- Periodicals; 003.505
• DOI: 10.1155/2016/7049743
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1176-2322

Abstract

Abstract : 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 biomechanics. Recent advances in technology have enabled the development of instrumented equipment, which can estimate the head impact kinematics of human subjects in vivo . Literature pertaining to head impact measurement devices was reviewed and usage, in terms of validation and field studies, of such devices was discussed. Over the past decade, instrumented equipment has recorded millions of impacts in the laboratory, on the field, in the ring, and on the ice. Instrumented equipment is not without limitations; however, in vivo head impact data is crucial to investigate head injury mechanisms and further the understanding of concussion.