Linear Acceleration Is a Primary Risk Factor for Concussion and a Target for Prevention
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| author | Towns, Jessica A. Cecchi, Nicholas J. Hickey, James W. O'Brien, William T. Roberts, Spencer S. H. Pritchard, N. Stewart Urban, Jillian E. Stitzel, Joel D. Grant, Gerald A. Zeineh, Michael M. McDonald, Stuart J. Camarillo, David B. |
| author_facet | Towns, Jessica A. Cecchi, Nicholas J. Hickey, James W. O'Brien, William T. Roberts, Spencer S. H. Pritchard, N. Stewart Urban, Jillian E. Stitzel, Joel D. Grant, Gerald A. Zeineh, Michael M. McDonald, Stuart J. Camarillo, David B. |
| contents | Head impacts can cause concussion, but the precise biomechanical conditions that produce injury remain uncertain. Rotational acceleration has long been posited as the primary cause and has guided concussion prevention strategies. Using instrumented mouthguards to record head kinematics of diagnosed concussions, we directly tested this hypothesis and found that linear acceleration predicted injury with greater precision than rotational acceleration, while rotational velocity provided additional predictive value. Injury risk functions derived from these measurements indicated substantial predicted concussion risk during typical impacts to an American football helmet. Introducing a liquid-filled helmet pad designed to attenuate linear acceleration reduced predicted risk by up to 52%. These results indicate that effective concussion prevention requires targeting linear acceleration. |
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| spellingShingle | Linear Acceleration Is a Primary Risk Factor for Concussion and a Target for Prevention Towns, Jessica A. Cecchi, Nicholas J. Hickey, James W. O'Brien, William T. Roberts, Spencer S. H. Pritchard, N. Stewart Urban, Jillian E. Stitzel, Joel D. Grant, Gerald A. Zeineh, Michael M. McDonald, Stuart J. Camarillo, David B. Medical Physics Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability Head impacts can cause concussion, but the precise biomechanical conditions that produce injury remain uncertain. Rotational acceleration has long been posited as the primary cause and has guided concussion prevention strategies. Using instrumented mouthguards to record head kinematics of diagnosed concussions, we directly tested this hypothesis and found that linear acceleration predicted injury with greater precision than rotational acceleration, while rotational velocity provided additional predictive value. Injury risk functions derived from these measurements indicated substantial predicted concussion risk during typical impacts to an American football helmet. Introducing a liquid-filled helmet pad designed to attenuate linear acceleration reduced predicted risk by up to 52%. These results indicate that effective concussion prevention requires targeting linear acceleration. |
| title | Linear Acceleration Is a Primary Risk Factor for Concussion and a Target for Prevention |
| topic | Medical Physics Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.09098 |