Verification of biomechanical methods employed in a comprehensive study of mild traumatic brain injury and the effectiveness of American football helmets

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1469-1481

  Newman, J A ^a   Beusenberg, M C ^a   Shewchenko, N ^a   Withnall, C ^a   Fournier, E ^a  

^a Biokinetics and Associates Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Angular acceleration; Concussion; Football; Helmet; Impact; Kinematics; Mild traumatic brain injury; Reconstruction; Sports; Validation; Video; Video analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BRAIN; ERROR ANALYSIS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; RELIABILITY; STANDARDS;

ACCELERATION RESPONSES; BODY COLLISIONS; MECHANICAL NOISE; MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACCELERATION; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN INJURY; CONCUSSION; ERROR; FOOTBALL; HELMET; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; KINEMATICS; MEASUREMENT; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING;

BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN INJURIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FOOTBALL; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 19744365589     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2004.06.025     Document Type: Article

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