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| Title |
Head Impact Exposure in Youth Football
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Annals of Biomedical Engineering, February 2012
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10439-012-0530-7 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ray W. Daniel, Steven Rowson, Stefan M. Duma |
| Abstract |
The head impact exposure for athletes involved in football at the college and high school levels has been well documented; however, the head impact exposure of the youth population involved with football has yet to be investigated, despite its dramatically larger population. The objective of this study was to investigate the head impact exposure in youth football. Impacts were monitored using a custom 12 accelerometer array equipped inside the helmets of seven players aged 7-8 years old during each game and practice for an entire season. A total of 748 impacts were collected from the 7 participating players during the season, with an average of 107 impacts per player. Linear accelerations ranged from 10 to 100 g, and the rotational accelerations ranged from 52 to 7694 rad/s(2). The majority of the high level impacts occurred during practices, with 29 of the 38 impacts above 40 g occurring in practices. Although less frequent, youth football can produce high head accelerations in the range of concussion causing impacts measured in adults. In order to minimize these most severe head impacts, youth football practices should be modified to eliminate high impact drills that do not replicate the game situations. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 55% |
| Guinea | 1 | 9% |
| Unknown | 4 | 36% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 82% |
| Scientists | 2 | 18% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 250 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 244 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 38 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 34 | 14% |
| Researcher | 33 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 33 | 13% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 16 | 6% |
| Other | 49 | 20% |
| Unknown | 47 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering | 46 | 18% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 45 | 18% |
| Sports and Recreations | 23 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 19 | 8% |
| Neuroscience | 16 | 6% |
| Other | 41 | 16% |
| Unknown | 60 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 104. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 June 2020.
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