Analysis of baseball-to-helmet impacts in major league baseball

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2808-2814

  Athiviraham, Aravind ^a,b   Bartsch, Adam ^c   Mageswaran, Prasath ^c   Benzel, Edward C ^c   Perse, Brian ^b   Jones, Morgan H ^c   Schickendantz, Mark ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Lutheran Hospital Cleveland   (United States)

Author keywords

baseball pitch; beanball; concussion; head injury; helmet impact

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASEBALL; BRAIN CONCUSSION; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURY; PILOT STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BASEBALL; BRAIN CONCUSSION; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84870518091     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512461754     Document Type: Article

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