The effects of impact management materials in ice hockey helmets on head injury criteria

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part P: Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology

Volumn 223, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 159-165

  Rousseau, P ^a   Post, A ^a   Hoshizaki, T B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angular acceleration; Head injury criterion; Helmet; Hockey; Linear acceleration; Mild traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR ACCELERATION; DIRECT IMPACT; HEAD INJURY CRITERION; ICE HOCKEY; IMPACTORS; LINEAR ACCELERATIONS; MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES; POLYPROPYLENE FOAMS; TWO-MATERIALS;

ACCELERATION; BRAIN; CYANIDES; HYBRID MATERIALS; ICE; SAFETY DEVICES; THERMOPLASTICS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION;

EID: 77949564651     PISSN: 17543371     EISSN: 1754338X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/17543371JSET36     Document Type: Article

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