The influence of various factors on high school football helmet face mask removal: A retrospective, cross-sectional analysis

Journal of Athletic Training

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-19

  Swartz, Erik E ^a   Decoster, Laura C ^b   Norkus, Susan A ^c   Cappaert, Thomas A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b New Hampshire Musculoskeletal Institute   (United States)

^c QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway access; Cervical spine; Emergency management; Football injury

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NICKEL; STAINLESS STEEL;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACE MASK; FOOTBALL; GEOGRAPHY; HELMET; HIGH SCHOOL; METALLURGY; MODEL; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RECERTIFICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEATHER;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FOOTBALL; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOUTH PROTECTORS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34250024289     PISSN: 10626050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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