Incidence and severity of head impact during freestyle aerial ski jumping

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-35

  Mecham, Matthew D ^a   Greenwald, Richard M ^a,b,d   Macintyre, James G ^c   Johnson, Stephen C ^b  

^a Orthopedic Biomechanics Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c Orthopedic Specialty Hospital Salt Lake City   (United States)

^d Natl Inst Sports Sci and Safety   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial ski jumping; Brain injury; Head impact; Helmets

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; STANDARDS;

FREESTYLE AERIAL SKI JUMPING; GADD SEVERITY INDEX; HEAD IMPACT; HEAD INJURY CRITERIA;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIING;

EID: 0033081851     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.15.1.27     Document Type: Article

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