Do ski helmets affect reaction time to peripheral stimuli?

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 148-150

  Ruedl, Gerhard ^a   Herzog, Simone ^a   Schöpf, Stephanie ^a   Anewanter, Pia ^a   Geiger, Astrid ^a   Burtscher, Martin ^a   Kopp, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

peripheral view; reaction time; ski helmet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICE; FEMALE; HELMET; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SKIING; STUDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FEMALE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SKIING; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958772324     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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