Author(s): Rumi Iqbal Doewes, Furqon Hidayatullah, Sapta Kunta Purnama, Rony Syaifullah, Haris
Heading skills put football players at risk of head injury. Such impacts can cause fractures, eye injuries or concussions. Measuring head impact in sports can help athletes understand the biomechanics of brain injury & prevent occurring of concussions. The use of head impact sensor is as an alternative in measuring head impact exposure. This research purpose was reviewed the use of head impact sensors in the biomechanics journal of football headings. Research was used a systematic review to perform data searches through electronic databases such as google scholar and science direct. The search was carried out by writing the keywords “head football”, “ biomechanics heading football“, “head impact sensor” from 2016-2021. The review results stated that 12 journals (60%) used the X2 Biosystems XPatch & 8 journals (40%) used the Triax Smart Impact Monitor. The availability of head impact sensor data used to measure head impact during football heading activities is the X2 Biosystems XPatch or Triax Smart Impact Monitor. The device using because the placement for football players is more suitable to use a head impact sensor without being mounted on a helmet.