Analysis of Linear Head Accelerations From Collegiate Football Impacts

Sports related concussions result in 300,000 brain injuries in the United States each year. The purpose of this study was to utilize an in-helmet system that measures and records linear head accelerations to analyze head impacts from collegiate football. The Head Impact Telemetry (HIT) System is an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Manoogian, Sarah Jeanette
Other Authors: Mechanical Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32220
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05052005-095632/