Comparison of frequency and magnitude of head impacts experienced by Peewee boys and girls in games of youth ice hockey

Andrew Post, Clara Karton, Odette Thevenot, T. Blaine Hoshizaki, Michael Robidoux and Michael D. Gilchrist

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2021, vol. 24, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: In youth ice hockey, girls are reported to suffer more concussions than boys, peaking around 13–14 years old, which may be related to differences in the level of brain trauma experienced by the players. The purpose of this research was to describe the differences in brain trauma characteristics, specifically the magnitude and frequency of head impacts between Peewee boys and girls from playing ice hockey. Thirty games of Peewee boys and Peewee girl’s ice hockey were recorded to document the head impact events. These events were reconstructed using physical and computational techniques to estimate the strain to the brain tissue. The results found that Peewee boys experienced more head impacts than girls, specifically from the shoulder, ice, boards, and fist/punches (p

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2020.1805442

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