On-Field Measurement of Head Impacts in Youth Football: Characterizing High Magnitude Impacts and Assessing Balance Outcomes

The research presented in this thesis focuses on head impact exposure in youth football. The on-field portion of this research investigated high magnitude head impacts that youth football players experience in games and practices. With previously validated data collection methods, linear and rotat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Campolettano, Eamon Thomas
Other Authors: Biomedical Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/77657