Quantifying head impact exposure, mechanisms and kinematics using instrumented mouthguards in female high school lacrosse

Current debate exists regarding the need for protective headwear in female lacrosse. To inform this issue, the current study quantified head impact exposure, mechanisms and kinematics in female lacrosse using instrumented mouthguards. A female high school varsity lacrosse team of 17 players wore the Stanford Instrumented Mouthguard (MiG) during 14 competitive games. Video footage was reviewed to remove false-positive recordings and verify head impacts, which resulted in a rate of 0.32 head impacts per athlete-exposure. Of the 31 video-confirmed head impacts, 54.8% were identified as stick contacts, 38.7% were player contacts and 6.5% were falls. Stick contacts had the greatest peak head kinematics. The most common impact site was the side of the head (35.5%), followed by the face/jaw (25.8%), forehead (6.5%), and crown (6.5%). Impacts to the face/jaw region of the head had significantly (p < 0.05) greater peak kinematics compared to other regions of the head, which may have resulted from the interaction of the impacting surface, or the lower jaw, and the sensor. The current study provides initial data regarding the frequency, magnitude and site of impacts sustained in female high school lacrosse. A larger sample size of high quality head impact data in female lacrosse is required to confirm these findings.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

Research in sports medicine (Print) - 31(2023), 6 vom: 20. Juli, Seite 772-786

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Patton, Declan A [VerfasserIn]
Huber, Colin M [VerfasserIn]
Fedonni, Daniele [VerfasserIn]
Margulies, Susan S [VerfasserIn]
Master, Christina L [VerfasserIn]
Arbogast, Kristy B [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

General sports trauma
Head injuries/concussion
Injury prevention
Journal Article
Paediatric sports medicine

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Date Revised 31.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/15438627.2022.2042294

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM33727178X