Evaluation of brain response to head impact in youth girls’ soccer using an atlas-based finite element model
The current study examines head impact exposure in youth soccer and quantifies the relationship between impact location, impact magnitude and brain deformation using data previously collected with an instrumented mouthpiece in combination with a high-resolution brain finite element (FE) model. This study demonstrates that maximum principal strain (MPS) varies by impact source. The largest strains were observed when the ball was kicked prior to the header and the smallest strains were observed resulting from impacts when the headed ball was received from another header.
Authors
- Kai Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2201-6065)
- Joel D. Stitzel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9762-3033)
- Logan E. Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6348-7536)
- David B. Camarillo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4965-2977)
- Lyndia C. Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8236-032X)
- Elizabeth K. Pinkerton
- Jillian E. Urban (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7348-9244)
Institutions
- Cone Health (US)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- Virginia Tech - Wake Forest University School of Biomedical Engineering & Sciences (US)
- Bioengineering Center (RU)
- Wake Forest University (US)
- Association for Women in Science (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Computer Methods in Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering
- Published
- 2025-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2025.2577269
- Primary Topic
- Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00