Boxing and mixed martial arts: Preliminary traumatic neuromechanical injury risk analyses from laboratory impact dosage data. Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1070-1080

  Bartsch, Adam J ^a,b   Benzel, Edward C ^a,b   Miele, Vincent J ^a,c   Morr, Douglas R ^d   Prakash, Vikas ^b,e  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c United Hospital Center Clarksburg   (United States)

^d Scientific Expert Analysis (SEA) Ltd   (United States)

^e Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Boxing; Concussion; Injury risk; Mixed martial arts; Rotation; Severity index; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BOXING; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; GLOVE; INJURY SEVERITY; MIXED MARTIAL ARTS; NECK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ACCELERATION; BIOMECHANICS; BOXING; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; KINETICS; MANIKINS; MARTIAL ARTS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NECK INJURIES; PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 84860731798     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.12.JNS111478     Document Type: Article

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