Rotational head kinematics in football impacts: An injury risk function for concussion

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-13

  Rowson, Steven ^a   Duma, Stefan M ^a   Beckwith, Jonathan G ^b   Chu, Jeffrey J ^b   Greenwald, Richard M ^b,c   Crisco, Joseph J ^d   Brolinson, P Gunnar ^e   Duhaime, Ann Christine ^f   McAllister, Thomas W ^g   Maerlender, Arthur C ^f  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMBEX   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e EDWARD VIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical School   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Angular; Head; Helmet; HITS; Mild traumatic brain injury; Sports

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR; HEAD; HELMET; HITS; MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES; SPORTS;

ACCELEROMETERS; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; FITS AND TOLERANCES; KINEMATICS;

ACCELERATION;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN CONCUSSION; EQUIPMENT; FOOTBALL; HEAD MOVEMENT; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; ROTATION; SPORT INJURY; TELEMETRY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN CONCUSSION; FOOTBALL; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; RISK; ROTATION; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; TELEMETRY;

EID: 84855358632     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-011-0392-4     Document Type: Article

References (56)

1. MA Booher J Wisniewski BW Smith A Sigurdsson 2003 Comparison of reporting systems to determine concussion incidence in NCAA division I collegiate football Clin. J. Sport Med. 13 93 95 12629426 10.1097/00042752-200303000-00005 (Pubitemid 36356501)
2. SP Broglio MS Ferrara SG Piland RB Anderson A Collie 2006 Concussion history is not a predictor of computerised neurocognitive performance Br. J. Sports Med. 40 802 805 16929049 10.1136/bjsm.2006.028019 1:STN:280: DC%2BD28rgsVSltw%3D%3D discussion 5
3. SP Broglio B Schnebel JJ Sosnoff S Shin X Fend X He J Zimmerman 2010 Biomechanical properties of concussions in high school football Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 42 2064 2071 20351593 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181dd9156
4. SP Broglio JJ Sosnoff S Shin X He C Alcaraz J Zimmerman 2009 Head impacts during high school football: a biomechanical assessment J. Athl. Train. 44 342 349 19593415 10.4085/1062-6050-44.4.342
5. JJ Chu JG Beckwith JJ Crisco R Greenwald 2006 A novel algorithm to measure linear and rotational head acceleration using single-axis accelerometers J. Biomech. 39 Suppl. 1 S534 10.1016/S0021-9290(06)85195-X
6. JJ Crisco JJ Chu RM Greenwald 2004 An algorithm for estimating acceleration magnitude and impact location using multiple nonorthogonal single-axis accelerometers J. Biomech. Eng. 126 849 854 15796345 10.1115/1.1824135 (Pubitemid 40297914)
7. JJ Crisco R Fiore JG Beckwith JJ Chu PG Brolinson S Duma TW McAllister AC Duhaime RM Greenwald 2010 Frequency and location of head impact exposures in individual collegiate football players J. Athl. Train. 45 549 559 21062178 10.4085/1062-6050-45.6.549
8. Davidsson, J., M. Angeria, and M. G. Risling. Injury threshold for sagittal plane rotational induced diffuse axonal injuries. In: Proceedings of the International Research Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact (IRCOBI), 2009.
9. SM Duma SJ Manoogian WR Bussone PG Brolinson MW Goforth JJ Donnenwerth RM Greenwald JJ Chu JJ Crisco 2005 Analysis of real-time head accelerations in collegiate football players Clin. J. Sport Med. 15 3 8 15654184 10.1097/00042752-200501000-00002 (Pubitemid 40283813)
10. SM Duma S Rowson 2011 Past, present, and future of head injury research Exerc. Sport Sci. Rev. 39 2 3 21183827 10.1097/JES.0b013e318203dfdb
11. Gadd, C. W. Use of a weighted-impulse criterion for estimating injury hazard. In: Proceedings of the 10th Stapp Car Crash Conference. SAE 660793, 1966.
12. BE Gavett RA Stern AC McKee 2011 Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: a potential late effect of sport-related concussive and subconcussive head trauma Clin. Sports Med. 30 179 188 21074091 10.1016/j.csm.2010.09.007 xi
13. TA Gennarelli 1983 Head injury in man and experimental animals: clinical aspects Acta Neurochir. Suppl. (Wien) 32 1 13 1:STN:280:DyaL2c7gtVyqsw%3D%3D
14. TA Gennarelli LE Thibault JH Adams DI Graham CJ Thompson RP Marcincin 1982 Diffuse axonal injury and traumatic coma in the primate Ann. Neurol. 12 564 574 7159060 10.1002/ana.410120611 1:STN:280:DyaL3s7isFCjug%3D%3D (Pubitemid 13250413)
15. RM Greenwald JT Gwin JJ Chu JJ Crisco 2008 Head impact severity measures for evaluating mild traumatic brain injury risk exposure Neurosurgery 62 789 798 18496184 10.1227/01.neu.0000318162.67472.ad discussion 98
16. ES Gurdijan VL Roberts LM Thomas 1966 Tolerance curves of acceleration and intracranial pressure and protective index in experimental head injury J. Trauma 6 600 604 10.1097/00005373-196609000-00005
17. KM Guskiewicz JP Mihalik V Shankar SW Marshall DH Crowell SM Oliaro MF Ciocca DN Hooker 2007 Measurement of head impacts in collegiate football players: relationship between head impact biomechanics and acute clinical outcome after concussion Neurosurgery 61 1244 1253 18162904 10.1227/01.neu. 0000306103.68635.1a
18. JT Gwin JJ Chu SG Diamond PD Halstead JJ Crisco RM Greenwald 2010 An investigation of the NOCSAE linear impactor test method based on in vivo measures of head impact acceleration in American football J. Biomech. Eng. 132 011006 20524744 10.1115/1.4000249
19. WN Hardy CD Foster MJ Mason KH Yang AI King S Tashman 2001 Investigation of head injury mechanisms using neutral density technology and high-speed biplanar X-ray Stapp Car Crash J. 45 337 368 17458753 1:STN:280: DC%2BD2s3ltVGhuw%3D%3D
20. WN Hardy TB Khalil AI King 1994 Literature review of head injury biomechanics Int. J. Impact Eng. 15 561 586 10.1016/0734-743X(94)80034-7
21. WN Hardy MJ Mason CD Foster CS Shah JM Kopacz KH Yang AI King J Bishop M Bey W Anderst S Tashman 2007 A study of the response of the human cadaver head to impact Stapp Car Crash J. 51 17 80 18278591
22. JM Hootman R Dick J Agel 2007 Epidemiology of collegiate injuries for 15 sports: summary and recommendations for injury prevention initiatives J. Athl. Train. 42 311 319 17710181 (Pubitemid 46919986)
23. King, A. I., K. H. Yang, L. Zhang, W. Hardy, and D. C. Viano. Is head injury caused by linear or angular acceleration? In: Proceedings of the International Research Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact (IRCOBI), 2003.
24. S Kleiven 2007 Predictors for traumatic brain injuries evaluated through accident reconstructions Stapp Car Crash J. 51 81 114 18278592
25. JA Langlois W Rutland-Brown MM Wald 2006 The epidemiology and impact of traumatic brain injury: A brief overview J Head Trauma Rehabil. 21 375 378 16983222 10.1097/00001199-200609000-00001 (Pubitemid 44413110)
26. S Manoogian D McNeely S Duma G Brolinson R Greenwald 2006 Head acceleration is less than 10 percent of helmet acceleration in football impacts Biomed. Sci. Instrum. 42 383 388 16817638
27. SS Margulies LE Thibault 1992 A proposed tolerance criterion for diffuse axonal injury in man J. Biomech. 25 917 923 1639835 10.1016/0021-9290(92)90231-O 1:STN:280:DyaK38zkvVCrsA%3D%3D
28. SS Margulies LE Thibault TA Gennarelli 1990 Physical model simulations of brain injury in the primate J. Biomech. 23 823 836 2384494 10.1016/0021- 9290(90)90029-3 1:STN:280:DyaK3czks1ylsw%3D%3D (Pubitemid 20313456)
29. TW McAllister 2010 Genetic factors modulating outcome after neurotrauma PM R. 2 S241 S252 21172686 10.1016/j.pmrj.2010.10.005
30. M McCrea T Hammeke G Olsen P Leo K Guskiewicz 2004 Unreported concussion in high school football players: implications for prevention Clin. J. Sport Med. 14 13 17 14712161 10.1097/00042752-200401000-00003 (Pubitemid 38057637)
31. P McCrory K Johnston W Meeuwisse M Aubry R Cantu J Dvorak T Graf-Baumann J Kelly M Lovell P Schamasch 2005 Summary and agreement statement of the 2nd international conference on concussion in sport, prague 2004 Clin. J. Sport Med. 15 48 55 15782046 10.1097/01.jsm.0000159931.77191.29 (Pubitemid 40462876)
32. McElhaney, J. H., R. L. Stalnaker, V. L. Roberts, and R. G. Snyder. Door crashwortiness criteria. In: Proceedings of the 15th Stapp Car Crash Conference. SAE 710864, 1971.
33. JP Mihalik DR Bell SW Marshall KM Guskiewicz 2007 Measurement of head impacts in collegiate football players: an investigation of positional and event-type differences Neurosurgery 61 1229 1235 18162902 10.1227/01.neu. 0000306101.83882.c8 discussion 35
34. Newman, J. A., C. Barr, M. C. Beusenberg, E. Fournier, N. Shewchenko, E. Welbourne, and C. Withnall. A new biomechanical assessment of mild traumatic brain injury. Part 2: Results and conclusions. In: Proceedings of the International Research Conference on the Biomechanics of Impacts (IRCOBI), 2000, pp. 223-230.
35. Newman, J. A., M. C. Beusenberg, E. Fournier, N. Shewchenko, C. Withnall, A. I. King, K. Yang, L. Zhang, J. McElhaney, L. Thibault, and G. McGinnes. A new biomechanical assessment of mild traumatic brain injury. Part 1: Methodology. In: Proceedings of the International Research Conference on the Biomechanics of Impacts (IRCOBI), 1999, pp. 17-36.
36. JA Newman N Shewchenko E Welbourne 2000 A proposed new biomechanical head injury assessment function-the maximum power index Stapp Car Crash J. 44 215 247 17458729 1:STN:280:DC%2BD2s3ltVGjtw%3D%3D
37. BI Omalu ST DeKosky RL Hamilton RL Minster MI Kamboh AM Shakir CH Wecht 2006 Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in a national football league player: part II Neurosurgery 59 1086 1092 17143242 discussion 92-3 (Pubitemid 44852109)
38. BI Omalu ST DeKosky RL Minster MI Kamboh RL Hamilton CH Wecht 2005 Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in a national football league player Neurosurgery 57 128 134 15987548 10.1227/01.NEU.0000163407.92769.ED discussion -34 (Pubitemid 40944175)
39. Ommaya, A. K. Biomechanics of head injuries: Experimental aspects. In: Biomechanics of Trauma, edited by A. Nahum and J. W. Melvin. Norwalk: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1985.
40. AK Ommaya TA Gennarelli 1974 Cerebral concussion and traumatic unconsciousness. Correlation of experimental and clinical observations of blunt head injuries Brain 97 633 654 4215541 10.1093/brain/97.1.633 1:STN:280:DyaE2M%2Fls1Snuw%3D%3D
41. Ommaya, A. K., P. Yarnell, A. E. Hirsch, and E. H. Harris. Scaling of experimental data on cerebral concussion in sub-human primates to concussion threshold for man. In: Proceedings of the 11th Stapp Car Crash Conference. SAE 670906, 1967.
42. EJ Pellman DC Viano AM Tucker IR Casson JF Waeckerle 2003 Concussion in professional football: reconstruction of game impacts and injuries Neurosurgery 53 799 812 14519212 discussion 4
43. S Rowson JG Beckwith JJ Chu DS Leonard RM Greenwald SM Duma 2011 A six degree of freedom head acceleration measurement device for use in football J. Appl. Biomech. 27 8 14 21451177
44. S Rowson G Brolinson M Goforth D Dietter SM Duma 2009 Linear and angular head acceleration measurements in collegiate football J. Biomech. Eng. 131 061016 19449970 10.1115/1.3130454
45. S Rowson SM Duma 2011 Development of the star evaluation system for football helmets: integrating player head impact exposure and risk of concussion Ann. Biomed. Eng. 39 2130 2140 21553135 10.1007/s10439-011-0322-5
46. S Rowson C McNally SM Duma 2010 Can footwear affect achilles tendon loading? Clin. J. Sport Med. 20 344 349 20818191 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3181ed7e50
47. S Rowson DE McNeely PG Brolinson SM Duma 2008 Biomechanical analysis of football neck collars Clin. J. Sport Med. 18 316 321 18614882 10.1097/JSM.0b013e31817f016a
48. B Schnebel JT Gwin S Anderson R Gatlin 2007 In vivo study of head impacts in football: a comparison of national collegiate athletic association division I versus high school impacts Neurosurgery 60 490 495 17327793 10.1227/01.NEU.0000249286.92255.7F discussion 5-6
49. KS Shain ML Madigan S Rowson J Bisplinghoff SM Duma 2010 Analysis of the ability of catcher's masks to attenuate head accelerations on impact with a baseball Clin. J. Sport Med. 20 422 427 21079437 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3181f7db25
50. RL Stalnaker JL Fogle 1971 Driving point impedance characteristics of the head J. Biomech. 4 127 139 5000889 10.1016/0021-9290(71)90023-6 1:STN:280:DyaE38%2FktFOhsw%3D%3D
51. EG Takhounts SA Ridella V Hasija RE Tannous JQ Campbell D Malone K Danelson J Stitzel S Rowson S Duma 2008 Investigation of traumatic brain injuries using the next generation of simulated injury monitor (simon) finite element head model Stapp Car Crash J. 52 1 31 19085156
52. Unterharnscheidt, F. J. Translational versus rotational acceleration: animal experiments with measured inputs. In :Proceedings of the 15th Stapp Car Crash Conference. SAE 710880, 1971.
53. Versace, J. A review of the severity index. In: SAE Technical Paper Series. SAE 710881, 1971.
54. Ward, C., M. Chan, and A. Nahum. Intracranial pressure-a brain injury criterion. In: SAE Technical Paper Series. SAE 801304, 1980.
55. IJ Williamson D Goodman 2006 Converging evidence for the under-reporting of concussions in youth ice hockey Br. J. Sports Med. 40 128 132 16431999 10.1136/bjsm.2005.021832 1:STN:280:DC%2BD28%2Fkt1Oktg%3D%3D discussion 32 (Pubitemid 43362455)
56. L Zhang KH Yang AI King 2004 A proposed injury threshold for mild traumatic brain injury J. Biomech. Eng. 126 226 236 15179853 10.1115/1.1691446 (Pubitemid 38621136)