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FACTORS INFLUENCING HEAD KINEMATICS IN YOUTH FOOTBALL

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FACTORS INFLUENCING HEAD KINEMATICS IN YOUTH FOOTBALL
author
Marks, Madison Evelyn
abstract
American football is a widely popular sport in which athletes regularly experience head impacts, as player-to-player and player-to-ground contact is frequent. Evidence has indicated that repetitive, subconcussive head impact exposure (HIE) might alter brain physiology. Studies have quantified HIE in youth football in an attempt to understand the biomechanics behind the functional brain changes. To effectively inform safety efforts in youth football, it is vital to identify potential determinants and characteristics of exposure to head acceleration events.
subject
Characteristics
Concussion
Factors
Football
Head kinematics
Sports biomechanics
contributor
Urban, Jillian E (committee chair)
Urban, Jillian E (committee chair)
Stitzel, Joel D (committee member)
Flashman, Laura A (committee member)
Stitzel, Joel D (committee member)
Flashman, Laura A (committee member)
date
2022-07-11T19:17:37Z (accessioned)
2022-07-14T08:30:14Z (available)
2022 (issued)
degree
Biomedical Engineering (discipline)
Biomedical Engineering (discipline)
embargo
2022-07-14 (terms)
2022-05-14 (terms)
identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/10339/101019 (uri)
language
en (iso)
publisher
Wake Forest University
type
Thesis

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