Concussions experienced by major league baseball catchers and umpires: Field data and experimental baseball impacts

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 150-159

  Beyer, Jeffrey A ^a   Rowson, Steven ^a   Duma, Stefan M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Angular; Biomechanics; Impact; Linear; Mild traumatic brain injury; Rotational

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR; IMPACT; LINEAR; MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES; ROTATIONAL;

ACCELERATION; BIOMECHANICS;

BRAIN;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BASEBALL; BRAIN CONCUSSION; EQUIPMENT; HEAD; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPORT INJURY; VIDEORECORDING;

ATHLETIC INJURIES; BASEBALL; BRAIN CONCUSSION; HEAD; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84855347434     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-011-0412-4     Document Type: Article

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