HOW DO YOU DEVELOP A PRIMARY PREVENTION METHOD FOR CONCUSSIONS?

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1 HOW DO YOU DEVELOP A PRIMARY PREVENTION METHOD FOR CONCUSSIONS?

2 3/4 of men playing football will suffer a concussion CDC estimates that 1.7 million to 3.8 million TBI s occur each year 2 LAUREN CONNELL laurenm.connell@yahoo.com

3 The eyes account for 80% of the information taken into the brain. TIME TIME MIN SEC MIN SEC to react to visual stimuli to react to auditory stimuli 3 LAUREN CONNELL laurenm.connell@yahoo.com

4 The eyes account for 80% of the information taken into the brain. when a 10 year old looks at a card using peripherals A when we look at a card using peripherals 4 LAUREN CONNELL laurenm.connell@yahoo.com

participant touches the light to turn it off as quickly as possible Dynavision Problems: surface should be ergonimcally rounded doesn t allow for much body movement

5 primary prevention through visual training The eyes account for 80% of the information taken into the brain. Since implementing vision training, UC s football team has seen a decrease from 6 concussions in the pre-season to 0 in 2013 How they work: lights go off and the participant touches the light to turn it off as quickly as possible Dynavision Problems: surface should be ergonimcally rounded doesn t allow for much body movement turns off by touch but doesn t allow for any other action Fitlight Trainer Problems: modular but needs a pre-existing surface to attach to turns off by touch but doesn t allow for any other action 5 LAUREN CONNELL laurenm.connell@yahoo.com

6 NAME: Phil Jones POSITION: Dynavision Founder The Dynavision lightboard was originally intended to help athletes with their reaction times, but they saw the connection between reaction times and concussion prevention. NAME: Mike Gordon POSITION: Athletic Trainer There is only so much time in the day, if we have 30 minutes of vision training per day, that is time out of the weight room. NAME: Joseph Clark, Ph.D POSITION: Professor of Neurology Society uses less than 10% of their visual field. 6 LAUREN CONNELL laurenm.connell@yahoo.com

research conclusions FASTER REACTION FASTER MANEUVERS LESS RISK OF HEAD INJURY TIME MIN SEC + = FALLS BETTER MOTOR CONTROL = LESS CONTACT GOOD ACUITY GOOD PROPRIOCEPTION GOOD

7 research conclusions FASTER REACTION FASTER MANEUVERS LESS RISK OF HEAD INJURY TIME MIN SEC + = FALLS BETTER MOTOR CONTROL = LESS CONTACT GOOD ACUITY GOOD PROPRIOCEPTION GOOD REACTION TIMES PLAYERS ENVIRONMENT TASK AT HAND: create something that increases motor control in order to help mitigate concussions for athletes 7 LAUREN CONNELL laurenm.connell@yahoo.com

8 Focus: peripherals + reaction time The althete runs through the arrangement of lights, and as he or she runs, a light on either and / or both sides will go off to indicate the user to do an action. Concept 1- Single Piece Light Tunnel Concept 2- Modular Light Tunnel 8 LAUREN CONNELL laurenm.connell@yahoo.com

lights that flash indicating a certain action.

9 Focus: peripherals + reaction time + balance The althete stands on the bosu ball, in the orientation shown or flipped, and the poles have lights that flash indicating a certain action. Concept 3 - Vestibular Circle Concept 4 - Vestibular Wall 9 LAUREN CONNELL laurenm.connell@yahoo.com

Focus: peripherals + reaction time The althete stands on the omni-directional treadmill, and he or she will

10 Focus: reaction time + balance The althete stands on the sensor mats, and when signaled with different tones via the ear piece, the athlete will move to another spot on the mat. Focus: peripherals + reaction time The althete stands on the omni-directional treadmill, and he or she will react to audible stimulation and / or peripheral stimulation. Concept 5 - Audible Jump Mat Concept 6-4D Simulation 10 LAUREN CONNELL laurenm.connell@yahoo.com

validation 80% ranked reaction time as the most important attribute to concussion mitigation A survey was created and sent out to people with medical and/or brain injury knowledge.

11 validation 80% ranked reaction time as the most important attribute to concussion mitigation A survey was created and sent out to people with medical and/or brain injury knowledge. Concept are not usable with the sport of football. Football players block out all noise while on the field, and so these would not help to mitigate concussions. The participants believe that relating the training back to real world situations is very important. If there are more measurable outcomes, there will be better information to evaluate. No one agreed upon which would be the best concept. Each question resulted in varying answers. 11 LAUREN CONNELL laurenm.connell@yahoo.com

12 final direction - a combination Focus: peripherals + reaction time + balance 12 LAUREN CONNELL laurenm.connell@yahoo.com

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the players increase their peripheral vision - white light flickers up + down the

14 color LEDs that instruct the player on what action to perform the light hits the eye at a towards the player to train peripheral vision focus point of the course so the players increase their peripheral vision - white light flickers up + down the pole repeatedly 2 motion sensors + 1 ultrasonic sensor to capture the action results react

ROGR S Program 1 P I HT 12 34 CTION 5 orward right circle ackward ump EDIT SAV TURN ON APP LOOK UP

15 ROGR S Program 1 P I HT CTION 5 orward right circle ackward ump EDIT SAV TURN ON APP LOOK UP PROGRAM TO RUN VIEW VIRTUAL POLE SETUP SETUP POLES ON FIELD 15 LAUREN CONNELL laurenm.connell@yahoo.com

Immediately the first light and focus light will go off and the athlete will begin the course.

16 RUN PROGRAM Athlete Athlete John Choose Doe Athlete Program Program 1 GO! CONNECT APP TO SYSTEM TURN ON POLES WITH APP SELECT ATHLETE + PROGRAM GO! Immediately the first light and focus light will go off and the athlete will begin the course. As he or she runs through it, he or she is meant to focus on the white LED flickering light on the focus pole in order to train the peripherals. 16 LAUREN CONNELL laurenm.connell@yahoo.com

17 U PROGR t Athlete Finished Course in hoose Athlete 8 secs. Interval Times ro ram Reaction Times hoose Pro ram Combined Results DONE O! RF + ATHLETE GOES THROUGH COURSE DATA APP POP - UP OF TOTAL TIME + RESULTS 17 LAUREN CONNELL laurenm.connell@yahoo.com

18 how it works The app has many different programs with differing light sequences. 6 COLORS 6 ACTIONS MANY COMBINATIONS FOR THE COURSE Difficulty increases once the person s time goes down by 5% Forward Backward Left Right Jump Duck 18 LAUREN CONNELL laurenm.connell@yahoo.com

19 how it works A person must complete all the tasks successfully in order to win. The person who wins is the person with the fastest time through the course. Difficulty increases once the person s time goes down by 5% RGB LED adjusts up + down to accomodate differing heights Left Pole Right Pole End Pole the light hits the eye at a towards the player to train peripheral vision top motion sensor used to detect if a person ducks correctly and if the person moves backward on the bosu ultrasonic motion sensor to sense when a person is approaching in order to set off the light bottom motion sensor used to detect if a person jumps correctly and if the person moves forward on the bosu ball full LED panel: white light flickers up and then down the pole repeatedly in order to keep the focus of the athlete 19 LAUREN CONNELL laurenm.connell@yahoo.com

20 how it works These are the different difficulty levels of the light angles. The athlete starts at Level 1 and as peripheral vision becomes better, the athlete can increase difficulty. Difficulty increases once the person s time goes down by 5% Level 1-60 Level 2-70 Level 3-80 Level LAUREN CONNELL laurenm.connell@yahoo.com

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