Blunt chest impacts: Assessing the relative risk of fatal cardiac injury from various baseballs

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 298-303

  Janda, David H ^a,b   Bir, Cynthia A ^a   Viano, David C ^a   Cassatta, Stephen J ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Inst for Preventative Sports Med   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseball; Cardiac arrhythmia; Commotio cordis; Injury prevention; Viscous criterion

Indexed keywords

BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; VELOCITY;

EID: 0031915115     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199802000-00011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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