Effect of Football Size and Mass in Youth Football Head Impacts
In youth association football, the use of different size and/or mass footballs might represent a feasible intervention for addressing heading impact severity and player safety concerns. This study assessed the effects of football size and mass on head impacts based on defensive heading in youth foot...
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| description | In youth association football, the use of different size and/or mass footballs might represent a feasible intervention for addressing heading impact severity and player safety concerns. This study assessed the effects of football size and mass on head impacts based on defensive heading in youth football. Three-dimensional trajectories of U16 youth academy free kicks were modelled to derive three impact trajectories, representing defensive heading in youth football. Three football models (standard: S5, standard-light: S5L, and small: S4) impacted an instrumented headform; Head Injury Criterion (HIC<sub>15</sub>) and Rotational Injury Criterion (RIC<sub>15</sub>) were calculated. For headform impacts, S4 and S5L footballs yielded lower HIC<sub>15</sub> magnitudes than S5 footballs. Further, S4 footballs yielded lower HIC<sub>15</sub> and lower RIC<sub>15</sub> magnitudes than S5 and S5L footballs. Initial findings indicated that smaller, S4 footballs reduced linear and rotational head injury criteria for impacts representative of defensive heading in youth football. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bc660a8a5b1a497d9734a6af71e77b702023-11-20T03:49:51ZengMDPI AGProceedings2504-39002020-06-014912910.3390/proceedings2020049029Effect of Football Size and Mass in Youth Football Head ImpactsMarcus Dunn0Dyfan Davies1John Hart2Centre for Sports Engineering Research, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S10 2LX, UKCentre for Sports Engineering Research, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S10 2LX, UKCentre for Sports Engineering Research, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S10 2LX, UKIn youth association football, the use of different size and/or mass footballs might represent a feasible intervention for addressing heading impact severity and player safety concerns. This study assessed the effects of football size and mass on head impacts based on defensive heading in youth football. Three-dimensional trajectories of U16 youth academy free kicks were modelled to derive three impact trajectories, representing defensive heading in youth football. Three football models (standard: S5, standard-light: S5L, and small: S4) impacted an instrumented headform; Head Injury Criterion (HIC<sub>15</sub>) and Rotational Injury Criterion (RIC<sub>15</sub>) were calculated. For headform impacts, S4 and S5L footballs yielded lower HIC<sub>15</sub> magnitudes than S5 footballs. Further, S4 footballs yielded lower HIC<sub>15</sub> and lower RIC<sub>15</sub> magnitudes than S5 and S5L footballs. Initial findings indicated that smaller, S4 footballs reduced linear and rotational head injury criteria for impacts representative of defensive heading in youth football.https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/49/1/29youthfootballheadinghead injury criterionrotational injury criterion |
| spellingShingle | Marcus Dunn Dyfan Davies John Hart Effect of Football Size and Mass in Youth Football Head Impacts Proceedings youth football heading head injury criterion rotational injury criterion |
| title | Effect of Football Size and Mass in Youth Football Head Impacts |
| title_full | Effect of Football Size and Mass in Youth Football Head Impacts |
| title_fullStr | Effect of Football Size and Mass in Youth Football Head Impacts |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Football Size and Mass in Youth Football Head Impacts |
| title_short | Effect of Football Size and Mass in Youth Football Head Impacts |
| title_sort | effect of football size and mass in youth football head impacts |
| topic | youth football heading head injury criterion rotational injury criterion |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2504-3900/49/1/29 |
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