Accounting for Variance in Concussion Tolerance Between Individuals: Comparing Head Accelerations Between Concussed and Physically Matched Control Subjects

dc.contributor.authorRowson, Stevenen
dc.contributor.authorCampolettano, Eamon T.en
dc.contributor.authorDuma, Stefan M.en
dc.contributor.authorStemper, Brian D.en
dc.contributor.authorShah, Alok S.en
dc.contributor.authorHarezlak, Jaroslawen
dc.contributor.authorRiggen, Larry D.en
dc.contributor.authorMihalik, Jason P.en
dc.contributor.authorGuskiewicz, Kevin M.en
dc.contributor.authorGiza, Christopher C.en
dc.contributor.authorBrooks, M. Alisonen
dc.contributor.authorCameron, Kenneth L.en
dc.contributor.authorMcAllister, Thomas W.en
dc.contributor.authorBroglio, Steven P.en
dc.contributor.authorMcCrea, Michael A.en
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-11T12:33:05Zen
dc.date.available2021-10-11T12:33:05Zen
dc.date.issued2019-10-01en
dc.date.updated2021-10-11T12:33:03Zen
dc.description.abstractResearchers have been collecting head impact data from instrumented football players to characterize the biomechanics of concussion for the past 15 years, yet the link between biomechanical input and clinical outcome is still not well understood. We have previously shown that even though concussive biomechanics might be unremarkable in large datasets of head impacts, the impacts causing injury are of high magnitude for the concussed individuals relative to their impact history. This finding suggests a need to account for differences in tolerance at the individual level. In this study, we identified control subjects for our concussed subjects who demonstrated traits we believed were correlated to factors thought to affect injury tolerance, including height, mass, age, race, and concussion history. A total of 502 college football players were instrumented with helmet-mounted accelerometer arrays and provided complete baseline assessment data, 44 of which sustained a total of 49 concussion. Biomechanical measures quantifying impact frequency and acceleration magnitude were compared between groups. On average, we found that concussed subjects experienced 93.8 more head impacts (p = 0.0031), 10.2 more high magnitude impacts (p = 0.0157), and 1.9 × greater risk-weighted exposure (p = 0.0175) than their physically matched controls. This finding provides further evidence that head impact data need to be considered at the individual level and that cohort wide assessments may be of little value in the context of concussion.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.extentPages 2048-2056en
dc.format.extent9 page(s)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-019-02329-7en
dc.identifier.eissn1573-9686en
dc.identifier.issn0090-6964en
dc.identifier.issue10en
dc.identifier.orcidRowson, Steven [0000-0002-3227-0596]en
dc.identifier.other10.1007/s10439-019-02329-7 (PII)en
dc.identifier.pmid31342336en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/105223en
dc.identifier.volume47en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringeren
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dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectEngineering, Biomedicalen
dc.subjectEngineeringen
dc.subjectBiomechanicsen
dc.subjectImpacten
dc.subjectBrain injuryen
dc.subjectThresholden
dc.subjectFootballen
dc.subjectSensorsen
dc.subjectCOLLEGIATE FOOTBALL PLAYERSen
dc.subjectHIGH-SCHOOLen
dc.subjectIMPACT EXPOSUREen
dc.subjectINJURYen
dc.subjectBIOMECHANICSen
dc.subjectKINEMATICSen
dc.subjectMAGNITUDEen
dc.subjectLOCATIONen
dc.subjectRISKen
dc.subjectBiomechanicsen
dc.subjectBrain injuryen
dc.subjectFootballen
dc.subjectImpacten
dc.subjectSensorsen
dc.subjectThresholden
dc.subject09 Engineeringen
dc.subject11 Medical and Health Sciencesen
dc.subjectBiomedical Engineeringen
dc.subject.meshHeaden
dc.subject.meshHumansen
dc.subject.meshBrain Concussionen
dc.subject.meshHead Protective Devicesen
dc.subject.meshAccelerationen
dc.subject.meshUniversitiesen
dc.subject.meshFootballen
dc.subject.meshAdolescenten
dc.subject.meshAdulten
dc.subject.meshMaleen
dc.subject.meshYoung Adulten
dc.subject.meshAthletesen
dc.subject.meshAccelerometryen
dc.subject.meshBiomechanical Phenomenaen
dc.titleAccounting for Variance in Concussion Tolerance Between Individuals: Comparing Head Accelerations Between Concussed and Physically Matched Control Subjectsen
dc.title.serialAnnals of Biomedical Engineeringen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.otherArticleen
dc.type.otherJournalen
dcterms.dateAccepted2019-07-17en
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Techen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Engineeringen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Engineering/Biomedical Engineering and Mechanicsen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/All T&R Facultyen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Engineering/COE T&R Facultyen

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