Associations Between Instrumented Mouthguard-Measured Head Acceleration Events and Post-Match Biomarkers of Astroglial and Axonal Injury in Male Amateur Australian Football Players
Maximum and cumulative head accelerations in Australian football, measured by iMGs, were associated with elevated blood biomarkers of brain injury, highlighting the potential of both technologies for head impact management in collision sports.
Authors
- Lauren P. Giesler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0209-6427)
- Terence John O'Brien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7198-8621)
- Brendan P. Major (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0991-5656)
- Becca Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8030-5934)
- Biswadev Mitra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0508-2450)
- Steven Mutimer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8462-823X)
- Gershon Spitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-1480)
- Spencer Roberts
- Stuart J. McDonald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5190-3179)
- Sandy R. Shultz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2525-8775)
- William T. O’Brien (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9966-0134)
- Lauren Evans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5472-5918)
- James W. Hickey
Institutions
- The Royal Melbourne Hospital (AU)
- Deakin University (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- The Alfred Hospital (AU)
- Vancouver Island University (CA)
- Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research centre (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Sports Medicine
- Published
- 2024-11-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-024-02138-6
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.93
Funders
- National Health and Medical Research Council