Traumatic brain injuries constitute a significant portion of injury resulting from automotive collisions, motorcycle crashes, and sports collisions. Brain injuries not only represent a serious trauma for those involved but also place an enormous burden on society, often exacting a heavy economical, social, and emotional price. Development of intervention strategies to prevent or minimize these injuries requires a complete understanding of injury mechanisms, response and tolerance level. In this study, an attempt is made to delineate actual injury causation and establish a meaningful injury criterion through the use of the actual field accident data. Twenty-four head-to-head field collisions that occurred in professional football games were duplicated using a validated finite element human head model. The injury predictors and injury levels were analyzed based on resulting brain tissue responses and were correlated with the site and occurrence of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI). Predictions indicated that the shear stress around the brainstem region could be an injury predictor for concussion. Statistical analyses were performed to establish the new brain injury tolerance level.
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A Proposed Injury Threshold for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Liying Zhang,
Liying Zhang
Bioengineering Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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King H. Yang,
King H. Yang
Bioengineering Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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Albert I. King
Albert I. King
Bioengineering Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
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Liying Zhang
Bioengineering Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
King H. Yang
Bioengineering Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
Albert I. King
Bioengineering Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202
Contributed by the Bioengineering Division for publication in the JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING. Manuscript received by the Bioengineering Division February 12, 2002; revision received November 26, 2003. Associate Editor: M. S. Sacks.
J Biomech Eng. Apr 2004, 126(2): 226-236 (11 pages)
Published Online: May 4, 2004
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Received:
February 12, 2002
Revised:
November 26, 2003
Online:
May 4, 2004
Citation
Zhang, L., Yang , K. H., and King, A. I. (May 4, 2004). "A Proposed Injury Threshold for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury ." ASME. J Biomech Eng. April 2004; 126(2): 226–236. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1691446
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