Does soccer headgear attenuate the impact when heading a soccer ball?

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-90

  Naunheim, Rosanne S ^a   Ryden, Amanda ^a   Standeven, John ^a   Genin, Guy ^a   Lewis, Larry ^a   Thompson, Paul ^a   Bayly, Phil ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Head impact; Headgear; Soccer

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRAVITY; HELMET; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT;

EID: 0037224770     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.10.1.85     Document Type: Article

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