"Heading" and neck injuries in soccer: A review of biomechanics and potential long-term effects

Pain Physician

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 391-397

  Mehnert, Michael J ^a   Agesen, Thomas ^b   Malanga, Gerard A ^c  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Mountainside Hospital   (United States)

^c OVERLOOK HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Football; Heading; Neck injuries; Soccer

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSITION; CERVICAL SPINE; CHRONIC PAIN; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FOOTBALL; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MUSCLE INJURY; NECK INJURY; NECK PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RUGBY; SIMULATION; SPINE INJURY; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 27944433501     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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