Concussion in professional football: Helmet testing to assess impact performance - Part 11

Neurosurgery

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-95

  Pellman, Elliot J ^a,b   Viano, David C ^a,c   Withnall, Chris ^d   Shewchenko, Nick ^d   Bir, Cynthia A ^e   Halstead, P David ^f,g  

^a NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE   (United States)

^b ProHEALTH Care Associates   (United States)

^c PROBIOMECHANICS LLC   (United States)

^d Biokinetics and Associates Ltd   (Canada)

^e Wayne State University   (United States)

^f National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment   (United States)

^g University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

Concussion; Helmets; Protective headgear; Recreation and sport; Sports equipment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN CONCUSSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EQUIPMENT; FACE MASK; FOOTBALL; HELMET; INSTRUMENTATION; KINEMATICS; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; SIMULATION; STANDARD; VIDEORECORDING;

BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN CONCUSSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOOTBALL; GOALS; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING;

EID: 30144434978     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000196265.35238.7C     Document Type: Article

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