Magnitude of head impact exposures in individual collegiate football players

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 174-183

  Crisco, Joseph J ^a   Wilcox, Bethany J ^a   Machan, Jason T ^a   McAllister, Thomas W ^b   Duhaime, Ann Christine ^c   Duma, Stefan M ^d   Rowson, Steven ^d   Beckwith, Jonathan G ^e   Chu, Jeffrey J ^e   Greenwald, Richard M ^e,f  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Medical Center Boulevard   (United States)

^e SIMBEX   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Biomechanics; Football; Impacts; Magnitude

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; SPORTS;

COGNITIVE DEFICITS; FOOTBALL; FOOTBALL PLAYERS; IMPACT LOCATIONS; IMPACTS; LINEAR ACCELERATIONS; MAGNITUDE; ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION;

ACCELERATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLLEGE; FOOTBALL; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

EID: 84862856657     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.28.2.174     Document Type: Article

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