ArticleAnnals of biomedical engineering2021
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Newer Helmet Designs with Emergent Shell and Padding Technologies Versus Older Helmet Models for Preserving White Matter Following a Season of High School Football.
Article in Annals of biomedical engineering, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Associations Between Brain Metabolites Measured With MR Spectroscopy and Head Impacts in High School American Football Athletes.Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI · 2025Article
- A Comparative Neuroimaging Review of Repetitive Head Impacts and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury from Pediatrics to Professionals.Neurotrauma reports · 2025Review
- Cavitation in blunt impact traumatic brain injury.Experiments in fluids · 2024Review
- Design Considerations for the Attenuation of Translational and Rotational Accelerations in American Football Helmets.Journal of biomechanical engineering · 2023Article
- Finite element evaluation of an American football helmet featuring liquid shock absorbers for protecting against concussive and subconcussive head impacts.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023Article
- Helmet Technology, Head Impact Exposure, and Cortical Thinning Following a Season of High School Football.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2022Article
- Concussion Prone Scenarios: A Multi-Dimensional Exploration in Impact Directions, Brain Morphology, and Network Architectures Using Computational Models.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2022Article
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Abstract
We aimed to objectively compare the effects of wearing newer, higher-ranked football helmets (HRank) vs. wearing older, lower-ranked helmets (LRank) on pre- to post-season alterations to neuroimaging-derived metrics of athletes' white matter. Fifty-four high-school athletes wore an HRank helmet, and 62 athletes wore an LRank helmet during their competitive football season and completed pre- and post-season diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Longitudinal within- and between-group DTI metrics [fractional anisotropy (FA) and mean/axial/radial diffusivity (MD, AD, RD)] were analyzed using tract-based spatial statistics. The LRank helmet group exhibited significant pre- to post-season reductions in MD, AD, and RD, the HRank helmet group displayed significant pre- to post-season increases in FA, and both groups showed significant pre- to post-season increases in AD (p's < .05 [corrected]). Between-group analyses revealed the pre- to post-season increase in AD was significantly less for athletes wearing HRank compared to LRank (p < .05 [corrected]). These data provide in vivo evidence that wearing an HRank helmet may be efficacious for preserving white matter from head impact exposure during high school football. Future prospective longitudinal investigations with complimentary imaging and behavioral outcomes are warranted to corroborate these initial in vivo findings.
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