Laboratory and On-field Data Collected by a Head Impact Monitoring Mouthguard. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2019 Jul;2019:2068-2072
Date
01/18/2020Pubmed ID
31946308Pubmed Central ID
PMC7592723DOI
10.1109/EMBC.2019.8856907Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85077907145 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 21 CitationsAbstract
Although concussion continues to be a major source of acute and chronic injury in automotive, athletic and military arenas, concussion injury mechanisms and risk functions are ill-defined. This lack of definition has hindered efforts to develop standardized concussion monitoring, safety testing and protective countermeasures. Recent research has provided evidence of the role of repetitive head impact exposure as a predisposing factor for the onset of concussion using developed instrumented helmets and mouthguards.To overcome this knowledge gap, we have developed, tested and deployed a head impact monitoring mouthguard (IMM) system. In this study, we deployed the IMM system to gather high quality estimates of athlete head impacts in situ. And with enough longer-term data collection, potential concussive events or mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBIs) will be gathered and ideally will provide actionable risk-based threshold.
Author List
Bartsch AJ, McCrea MM, Hedin DS, Gibson PL, Miele VJ, Benzel EC, Alberts JL, Samorezov S, Shah A, Stemper BSAuthors
Michael McCrea PhD Professor in the Neurosurgery department at Medical College of WisconsinBrian Stemper PhD Professor in the Biomedical Engineering department at Medical College of Wisconsin
MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdolescentAthletic Injuries
Boxing
Brain Concussion
Child
Football
Head Protective Devices
Humans
Mouth Protectors
Young Adult