Bodychecking Rules and Concussion in Elite Hockey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Donaldson, Laura ^a   Asbridge, Mark ^b   Cusimano, Michael D ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODYCHECKING; CONCUSSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEAD INJURY; HOCKEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLICY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPORT INJURY;

BRAIN CONCUSSION; HOCKEY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ONTARIO;

EID: 84880396963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069122     Document Type: Article

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