On the accuracy of the head impact telemetry (hit) system used in football helmets

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 2310-2315

  Jadischke, Ron ^a,c   Viano, David C ^a,b   Dau, Nathan ^a   King, Albert I ^a   McCarthy, Joe ^c  

^a Wayne State University   (United States)

^b PROBIOMECHANICS LLC   (United States)

^c McCarthy Engineering Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Football helmets; Head acceleration; Head helmet contact pressure; HIT system; Hybrid III dummy; Measurement errors; Volunteer testing

Indexed keywords

CONTACT PRESSURES; FOOTBALL HELMETS; HEAD ACCELERATIONS; HIT SYSTEM; HYBRID III DUMMIES;

ACCELEROMETERS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; SPORTS; TELEMETERING EQUIPMENT;

SAFETY DEVICES;

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETER; ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSENSOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOTBALL; HEAD IMPACT TELEMETRY SYSTEM; HELMET; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84882254244     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.05.030     Document Type: Article

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