THE KINEMATICS OF HEAD IMPACTS IN CONTACT SPORT: AN INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE POTENTIAL OF MODEL BASED IMAGE MATCHING

Authors

  • Gregory J. Tierney
  • Hamed Joodaki
  • Tron Krosshaug
  • Jason L. Forman
  • Jeff R. Crandall
  • Claran K. Simms

Keywords:

head motion, concussion, video analysis

Abstract

Model Based Image Matching (MBIM) has potential to assess three-dimensional linear and rotational motion patterns from multiple camera views of head impact events in contact sports. The goal of this study is to assess the accuracy of the MBlM method for estimating 6DOF head kinematics in a vehicle-cadaver impact scenario for which Vicon motion analysis data are available as an independent measure. A three camera view MBlM reconstruction yielded RMS errors between 0.14-0.26 mls for change in head linear velocities ranging from 0.56-5.70 m/s, and 0.27-1.38 rad/s for change in head angular velocities ranging from 6.1041 -90 rad/s. The results from this study indicate that the MBlM method is a useful approach for measuring the kinematics of head impacts in sport.

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Published

2016-11-06