Head acceleration event metrics in youth contact sports more dependent on sport than level of play

The goal of the study was to evaluate how repetitive head traumas sustained by athletes in contact sports depend on sport and level of play. A total of 16 middle school football players, 107 high school football players, and 65 high school female soccer players participated. Players were separated i...

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Published in:Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part H, Journal of engineering in medicine Journal of engineering in medicine, 2021-02, Vol.235 (2), p.208-221
Main Authors: Lee, Taylor, Lycke, Roy, Auger, Joshua, Music, Jacob, Dziekan, Michael, Newman, Sharlene, Talavage, Thomas, Leverenz, Larry, Nauman, Eric
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acceleration
Adolescent
Athletes
Brain Concussion - epidemiology
Contact sports
Craniocerebral Trauma - epidemiology
Female
Football
High school football
Humans
Middle schools
Players
Regression analysis
Secondary schools
Soccer
Sports
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Summary:The goal of the study was to evaluate how repetitive head traumas sustained by athletes in contact sports depend on sport and level of play. A total of 16 middle school football players, 107 high school football players, and 65 high school female soccer players participated. Players were separated into levels of play: middle school (MS), freshman (FR), junior varsity (JV), junior varsity-varsity (JV-V), and varsity (V). xPatch sensors were used to measure peak translational and angular accelerations (PTA and PAA, respectively) for each head acceleration event (HAE) during practice and game sessions. Data were analyzed using a custom MATLAB program to compare metrics that have been correlated with functional neurological changes: session metrics (median HAEs per contact session), season metrics (total HAEs, cumulative PTA/PAA), and regressions (cumulative PTA/PAA versus total HAEs, total HAEs versus median HAEs per contact session). Football players had greater session (p
ISSN:0954-4119
2041-3033
DOI:10.1177/0954411920970812