Measurement of impact acceleration: Mouthpiece accelerometer versus helmet accelerometer

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-10

  Higgins, Michael ^a   Halstead, P David ^b   Snyder Mackler, Lynn ^c   Barlow, David ^c  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Southern Impact Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Head injury; Helmet; Measurement techniques

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETER; ARTICLE; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; GRAVITY; HEIGHT; HELMET; HELMET ACCELEROMETER; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LABORATORY; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MOUTHPIECE ACCELEROMETER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACCELERATION; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MOUTH PROTECTORS; PROBABILITY; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 34249980903     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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