Football equipment design affects face mask removal efficiency

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1210-1219

  Swartz, Erik E ^a   Norkus, Susan A ^b   Cappaert, Tom ^c   Decoster, Laura C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d New Hampshire Musculoskeletal Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway access; Cervical spine injury; Emergency management; Football injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDLESS SCREWDRIVER; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACE MASK; FACE MASK EXTRACTOR; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HEAD MOVEMENT; HELMET; HUMAN; LABORATORY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SELF EVALUATION; SPINE INJURY; TIME;

ADULT; DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HAND STRENGTH; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 22944454169     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504271753     Document Type: Article

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