Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand.
School of Health Sciences, University of Canterbury Christchurch, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand.
Sensors (Basel). 2021 Sep 9;21(18):6028. doi: 10.3390/s21186028.
Concussion is an inherent risk of participating in contact, combat, or collision sports, within which head impacts are numerous. Kinematic parameters such as peak linear and rotational acceleration represent primary measures of concussive head impacts. The ability to accurately measure and categorise such impact parameters in real time is important in health and sports performance contexts. The purpose of this study was to assess the accuracy of the latest HitIQ Nexus A9 instrumented mouthguard (HitIQ Pty. Ltd. Melbourne Australia) against reference sensors in an aluminium headform. The headform underwent drop testing at various impact intensities across the NOCSAE-defined impact locations, comparing the peak linear and rotational acceleration (PLA and PRA) as well as the shapes of the acceleration time-series traces for each impact. Mouthguard PLA and PRA measurements strongly correlated with (R = 0.996 and 0.994 respectively), and strongly agreed with (LCCC = 0.997) the reference sensors. The root mean square error between the measurement devices was 1 ± 0.6g for linear acceleration and 47.4 ± 35 rad/s for rotational acceleration. A Bland-Altman analysis found a systematic bias of 1% for PRA, with no significant bias for PLA. The instrumented mouthguard displayed high accuracy when measuring head impact kinematics in a laboratory setting.
脑震荡是参与接触、格斗或碰撞运动的固有风险,这些运动中头部受到了很多冲击。运动学参数,如峰值线性和旋转加速度,是衡量脑震荡性头部冲击的主要指标。在健康和运动表现环境中,能够准确测量和实时分类此类冲击参数非常重要。本研究的目的是评估最新的 HitIQ Nexus A9 仪器化防护牙套(HitIQ Pty. Ltd. 澳大利亚墨尔本)在铝制头模中的准确性,对头模在 NOCSAE 定义的冲击位置进行不同冲击强度的跌落测试,比较每个冲击的峰值线性和旋转加速度(PLA 和 PRA)以及加速度时间序列迹线的形状。防护牙套的 PLA 和 PRA 测量值与参考传感器高度相关(分别为 R = 0.996 和 0.994),并且与参考传感器高度一致(LCCC = 0.997)。测量设备之间的均方根误差为线性加速度为 1 ± 0.6g,旋转加速度为 47.4 ± 35 rad/s。 Bland-Altman 分析发现,PRA 存在 1%的系统偏差,PLA 没有显著偏差。在实验室环境中,仪器化防护牙套在测量头部冲击运动学方面具有很高的准确性。
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