Characteristics of helmet or knit cap use in head injury of snowboarders - Analysis of 1,190 consecutive patients

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 491-494

  Fukuda, Osamu ^a   Hirashima, Yutaka ^b   Origasa, Hideki ^c   Endo, Shunro ^c  

^a Saito Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Head injury; Helmet; Jump; Knit cap; Snowboard

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SKIING; SPORTING EVENT; SPORTS SCIENCE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; WINTER SPORT;

ADULT; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SKIING;

EID: 36448962399     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.47.491     Document Type: Article

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