Effectiveness of headgear in football

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Withnall, C ^a   Shewchenko, N ^a   Wonnacott, M ^a   Dvorak, J ^b  

^a Biokinetics and Associates Ltd   (Canada)

^b FIFA MEDICAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BRAIN INJURY; CONCUSSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; FOOTBALL; HEAD INJURY; HEAD MOVEMENT; HELMET; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN CONCUSSION; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; RISK FACTORS; SOCCER;

EID: 23144449963     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2005.019174     Document Type: Conference Paper

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