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，人们越来越担心创伤性脑损伤的长期健康后果。最近的证据表明，反复暴露于脑震荡([Wilson等人，2017][0])和亚震荡头部撞击([Smith等人，2013][1]；[McKee et al.，2014][2]，[Ling et al.，2017][3])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，包括球场边和受伤后，目前还没有任何支持对亚震荡的识别和监测。这就是为什么我们与哈珀·亚当斯大学、斯托克城和纽卡斯尔城FC青年学院合作，开发轻微创伤影响传感器(MTIS)-一种新的、低成本、高精度的可穿戴传感器+软件平台来准确识别，首次测量和跟踪整个运动队(多达300名球员)的低G亚脑震荡影响，向教师/教练提供近乎实时的数据，帮助防止重复的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