Documenting and Reconstructing the Mechanisms of Head Injury in Youth Non-Body checking Ice Hockey

所有年龄和技术水平的冰球运动员都会发生脑震荡。虽然很多人都会受伤，但受伤的方式因年龄和技术水平而异，尤其是在青少年冰球比赛中，身体检查是不允许的。众所周知，在职业运动中，身体检查会导致头部撞击导致脑震荡，然而，当这一点从比赛中移除时，风险就变得不同了。该项目旨在更好地了解青少年冰球运动员是如何承受头部损伤的。使用视频现场数据，可以捕获和记录头部撞击事件，以建立与非身体检查曲棍球相关的风险，以帮助制定更好的青少年保护策略。拟议的研究将为期三年，包括以下调查：项目1)收集不同年龄组和性别的视频现场数据，以捕捉头部撞击事件；项目2)对头部撞击事件进行视频分析，记录不同年龄和性别的比赛风格差异，并建立青少年冰球独有的撞击参数；项目3)对头部撞击事件进行重建，对青少年头部受到撞击的情况进行基准测试，了解反应，以便为行业创新提供信息。这项研究将为制造商和加拿大头盔行业提供独特的技术信息，以支持青少年在头盔技术方面的创新，以提高头部保护，防止青少年冰球运动中经历的冲击。

Concussions in ice hockey occur to participants of all ages and all skill levels. Although many people get theseinjuries, the way in which they are injured differs between ages and skill levels, especially in youth ice hockeywhere body checking is not allowed. Body checking is known to result in head impacts causing concussiveinjuries in professional sports, however when this aspect is removed from the game the risks become different.This project is designed to provide a better understanding of how youth ice hockey players can sustain headinjuries. Using video field-data, head impact events can be captured and documented to establish the risksassociated with non-body checking hockey to help facilitate development of better protective strategies foryouth. The proposed research will cover a period of three years consisting of the following investigations:Project 1) video field-data collection covering different age groups and genders to capture head impact events;Project 2) video analysis of head impact events to document the differences in play style between ages andgenders, as well as establishing impact parameters unique to youth ice hockey, Project 3) reconstruction ofhead impact events to benchmark how youth are being hit in the head to understand the response in order toinform industry for innovations. This research will provide the manufacturer and the Canadian helmet industryunique technical information to support youth related innovations in helmet technology to improve headprotection against impacts experienced specifically in youth ice hockey.