Quantifying Head Impacts in Collegiate Lacrosse.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Concussion and repetitive head impact in sports has increased interest and concern for clinicians, scientists, and athletes. Lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in the United States, but the burden of head impact in lacrosse is unknown.

Purpose

The goal of this pilot study was to quantify head impact associated with practicing and playing collegiate lacrosse while subjects were fitted with wearable accelerometers.

Study design

Descriptive epidemiology study.

Methods

In a single year, a collegiate cohort of 14 women's and 15 men's lacrosse players wore mastoid-patch accelerometers to measure the frequency and severity of head impacts during official practices and games. Average impact severity, mean number of impacts, and cumulative acceleration wer

SUBMITTER: Reynolds BB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6191181 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature