Abstract
Objectives: Sports-related head impacts have led to many brain injuries. Although such impacts by a sporting ball may not be counted as a concussion for adults, however it might be more damaging for youngsters.
Methods: In this study, a biomechanical simulation is to be conducted to analyse brain damages of different ages subjected to basketball hits. Employing a finite-element biomechanical head model technique, an adult and a teenager head and brain are modelled subjected to impacts by basketball hits from front and side directions at different speeds. The response of the brain will be monitored and assessed. In particular the head acceleration, brain intracranial pressure (ICP) and shear stresses and strains under impact speeds of 10, 15 and 20 m/s will be measured. The results show basketballs of equivalent impact speeds cause significant effects to the youth brains than the adult ones.
Result: The findings indicate that the condition of mild head impact for the adult could be considered as somehow severe head impact for youngsters which possibly could lead to brain injury.
Conclusion: The study can ultimately correlate the deformation of the brain with the brain size impacted by sporting balls. In particular, impacts to youngster heads particularly with multiple subconcussive head impacts by sporting balls might be recognized as a cause of brain injury or malfunction.
Methods: In this study, a biomechanical simulation is to be conducted to analyse brain damages of different ages subjected to basketball hits. Employing a finite-element biomechanical head model technique, an adult and a teenager head and brain are modelled subjected to impacts by basketball hits from front and side directions at different speeds. The response of the brain will be monitored and assessed. In particular the head acceleration, brain intracranial pressure (ICP) and shear stresses and strains under impact speeds of 10, 15 and 20 m/s will be measured. The results show basketballs of equivalent impact speeds cause significant effects to the youth brains than the adult ones.
Result: The findings indicate that the condition of mild head impact for the adult could be considered as somehow severe head impact for youngsters which possibly could lead to brain injury.
Conclusion: The study can ultimately correlate the deformation of the brain with the brain size impacted by sporting balls. In particular, impacts to youngster heads particularly with multiple subconcussive head impacts by sporting balls might be recognized as a cause of brain injury or malfunction.
| Original language | American English |
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| State | Published - 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 12th World Congress on Brain Injury - New Orleans, United States Duration: Mar 29 2017 → Apr 1 2017 Conference number: 12 https://doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2017.1312145 |
Conference
| Conference | 12th World Congress on Brain Injury |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | New Orleans |
| Period | 3/29/17 → 4/1/17 |
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