Head Impacts in Hockey and Youth Football: Biomechanical Response and Helmet Padding Characteristics

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dc.contributor.authorMacAlister, Anna Margareten
dc.contributor.committeechairDuma, Stefan M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberRowson, Stevenen
dc.contributor.committeememberMadigan, Michael L.en
dc.contributor.departmentBiomedical Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-04T19:50:37Zen
dc.date.adate2014-05-23en
dc.date.available2017-04-04T19:50:37Zen
dc.date.issued2014-04-14en
dc.date.rdate2016-09-07en
dc.date.sdate2014-04-23en
dc.description.abstractThe research presented herein is a combination of work done in two distinct subcategories of sport related head injury research. The body of work is aimed at increasing the understanding of head impact biomechanics across a broad spectrum of impact scenarios as well as the ability of helmets to affect head impact biomechanics over time. The first study utilizes in situ testing of controlled impacts of an instrumented head form to more fully characterize head accelerations resulting from impacts to the ice, board, and glass surfaces present in an ice hockey rink. The full characterization of head impacts across a spectrum of loading conditions and impact surfaces gives researchers insight into head impact tolerance and head protection capabilities and limitations in ice hockey. The second study details the development of a method to impact helmet pads for repeated loading studies based on published head impact exposure data. The third study uses this newly developed methodology to test the effects of a season of impacts on the energy absorbing properties of three different helmet padding technologies. The body of work is aimed at increasing understanding of head impact and concussion and the ability of existing helmet technologies to prevent these injuries with a goal of reducing the occurrence of injury.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-04232014-133449en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04232014-133449/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/76964en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectconcussionen
dc.subjectsport related concussionen
dc.subjecthelmeten
dc.subjectbrain injuryen
dc.subjecthead accelerationen
dc.titleHead Impacts in Hockey and Youth Football: Biomechanical Response and Helmet Padding Characteristicsen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineBiomedical Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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