Impact Injuries in Baseball: Prevalence, Aetiology and the Role of Equipment Performance

Sports Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-25

  Nicholls, Rochelle L ^a   Elliott, Bruce C ^a   Miller, Karol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL;

BASEBALL; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EQUIPMENT; EYE INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETHALITY; MASS; MORBIDITY; PERFORMANCE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE; THORAX INJURY; TOOTH INJURY; VELOCITY; WOOD;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASEBALL; CAUSALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; METALS; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; THORACIC INJURIES; WOOD;

EID: 0442307478     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200434010-00003     Document Type: Review

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