Helmet use in winter sport activities-attitude and opinion of neurosurgeons and non-traumatic-brain-injury-educated persons

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-106

  Jung, Carla S ^a   Zweckberger, Klaus ^a   Schick, Uta ^a   Unterberg, Andreas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Protective helmets; Sport injury; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; COGNITION; EDUCATION; EXPERIENCE; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HELMET; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; NEUROSURGERY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; SWITZERLAND; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WINTER SPORT;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRIA; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; GERMANY; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; NEUROSURGERY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SPORTS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 78651233031     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-010-0704-8     Document Type: Article

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