Can a clinical test of reaction time predict a functional head-protective response?

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 382-387

  Eckner, James T ^a   Lipps, David B ^b   Kim, Hogene ^b   Richardson, James K ^a   Ashton Miller, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical assessment; gender; injury avoidance; sport concussion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; FEMALE; HAND; HEAD; HELMET; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN CONCUSSION; FEMALE; HAND; HEAD; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952107604     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181f1cc51     Document Type: Article

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