Mild Trauma Impact Sensor (MTIS): development of a new, highly-accurate sensor platform to measure and track repetitive, subconcussive head injuries in adolescents and amateur sports teams

在整个体育界，人们越来越关注创伤性脑损伤的长期健康后果。最近的证据表明，反复暴露于两种脑震荡（[威尔逊等人，2017][0]）和亚震荡头部撞击（[Smith等人，2013][1]; [McKee等人，2014][2]，[Ling等人，2017][3]）可能会影响长期的大脑健康，特别是在年轻人和青少年中。然而，尽管有大量的研究和许多技术来诊断脑震荡，包括球场旁和受伤后，但目前还没有任何支持脑震荡损伤的识别和监测。这就是为什么，与哈珀亚当斯大学，斯托克城和纽卡斯尔城足球俱乐部青年学院合作，我们正在开发轻度创伤冲击传感器（MTIS）--一种新型、低成本、高精度的可穿戴传感器+软件平台，首次能够准确识别、测量和跟踪整个运动队（最多300名运动员）的低G亚震荡冲击，为教师/教练提供近乎实时的数据，以帮助预防重复性mTBI和CTE。[0]：https：//www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2019.00294/full#B57 [1]：https：//www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2019.00294/full#B47 [2]：https：//www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2019.00294/full#B35 [3]：https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2019.00294/full#B29

Across the sporting world there is growing concern about long-term health outcomes of traumatic brain injury. Recent evidence suggests that repeated exposure to both concussive ([Wilson et al., 2017][0]) and subconcussive head impacts ([Smith et al., 2013][1]; [McKee et al., 2014][2], [Ling et al., 2017][3]) can affect long-term brain health, particularly in young adults and adolescents.However, whilst there is a large body of research and a number of technologies to diagnose concussions, both pitchside and post-injury, there is currently nothing to support the identification and monitoring of subconcussive injuries.This is why, working with Harper Adams University, Stoke City and Newcastle Town FC youth academies, we are developing Mild Trauma Impact Sensor (MTIS) - a new, low-cost, highly-accurate wearable sensor +software platform to accurately identify, measure and track low-G sub-concussive impacts across entire sport teams (up to 300 players) for the first time, providing near real-time data to teachers/coaches, to help prevent repetitive mTBI and CTE.[0]: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2019.00294/full#B57[1]: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2019.00294/full#B47[2]: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2019.00294/full#B35[3]: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2019.00294/full#B29