Concussion in professional football: Performance of newer helmets in reconstructed game impacts - Part 13

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 591-605

  Viano, David C ^a,b   Pellman, Elliot J ^a,c   Withnall, Chris ^d   Shewchenko, Nick ^d  

^a NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE   (United States)

^b PROBIOMECHANICS LLC   (United States)

^c ProHEALTH Care Associates   (United States)

^d Biokinetics and Associates Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Concussion; Football; Impact tolerances; Neck injury; Spearing; Sport injury prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONCUSSION; FOOTBALL; HELMET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN CONCUSSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOOTBALL; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; MATERIALS TESTING; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 33748577337     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000231851.97287.C2     Document Type: Article

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