Item Details

title

EVALUATION OF HEAD IMPACT EXPOSURE IN YOUTH FOOTBALL

author

DiGuglielmo, Daniella Marie

abstract

Football is a collision sport with one of the highest rates of concussion and brain injury in the United States. Studies have shown football players can develop neurocognitive deficits from repetitive head impacts sustained over time. Biomechanics research has also provided evidence that the context in which a head impact occurs can play a role in an athlete’s head impact exposure (HIE); however, research on variations in HIE between opposing instrumented players is limited in scope. With the concern of concussion risk and repetitive head impacts, rule changes that limit contact during practice have started to be implemented by youth football organizations. It is unknown, however, whether coaches would be amenable to changes in practice structure if provided with the head impact exposure of their athletes.

subject

biomechanics

football

head impacts

injury

pediatrics

contributor

Urban, Jillian E (committee chair)

Stitzel, Joel D (committee member)

Lintner, Laura J (committee member)

date

2020-05-29T08:35:44Z (accessioned)

2025-05-18T08:30:09Z (available)

2020 (issued)

degree

Biomedical Engineering (discipline)

embargo

2025-05-18 (terms)

identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/96802 (uri)

language

en (iso)

publisher

Wake Forest University

type

Thesis