The biomechanical determinants of concussion: Finite element simulations to investigate brain tissue deformations during sporting impacts to the unprotected head

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 721-730

  Patton, Declan A ^a   McIntosh, Andrew S ^a,b   Kleiven, Svein ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Head injury; Modeling; Sport

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; DEFORMATION; EYE PROTECTION; KINEMATICS; MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPORTS; STRAIN; TISSUE;

BRAIN SLICE CULTURES; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; HEAD INJURIES; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL STRAIN; PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAIN TISSUE DEFORMATION; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEFORMITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOOTBALL; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC NERVE; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

ACCELERATION; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FOOTBALL; HARDNESS; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84893607872     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.29.6.721     Document Type: Article

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