Analysis of real-time head accelerations in collegiate football players

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-8

  Duma, Stefan M ^a,g   Manoogian, Sarah J ^a   Bussone, William R ^a   Brolinson, P Gunnar ^b   Goforth, Mike W ^c   Donnenwerth, Jesse J ^c   Greenwald, Richard M ^d,e   Chu, Jeffrey J ^d   Crisco, Joseph J ^f  

^a VA Tech Wake Forest Ctr Inj B   (United States)

^b EDWARD VIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SIMBEX   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^f RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Concussion; Football; Head; Helmet

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETER; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONCUSSION; FOOTBALL; GAME; HEAD; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

ACCELERATION; BRAIN CONCUSSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOOTBALL; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14144253829     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-200501000-00002     Document Type: Article

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