Factors affecting peak impact force during soccer headers and implications for the mitigation of head injuries

• Joshua Auger,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4281-8591

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• Justin Markel,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

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• Dimitri D. Pecoski,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2089-8693

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• Nicolas Leiva-Molano,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8734-8813

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• Thomas M. Talavage,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

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• Larry Leverenz,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health and Kinesiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

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• Francis Shen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Minnesota Law School, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Eric A. Nauman

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: enauman@purdue.edu

  Affiliations School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Health and Kinesiology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8907-5716

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