Association between biomechanical parameters and concussion in helmeted collisions in American football: A review of the literature

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Forbes, Jonathan A ^a   Awad, Ahmed J ^b   Zuckerman, Scott ^a   Carr, Kevin ^c   Cheng, Joseph S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Concussion; Rrotational acceleration; Translational acceleration

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN CONCUSSION; FOOTBALL; HELMET; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ACCELERATION; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN CONCUSSION; FOOTBALL; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84872861706     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.9.FOCUS12288     Document Type: Article

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