Subdural hemorrhage in two high-school football players: Post-injury helmet testing

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-49

  Forbes, Jonathan A ^a,d   Zuckerman, Scott L ^a   He, Lucy ^a   McCalley, Elizabeth ^c   Lee, Young M ^b   Solomon, Gary S ^a   Halstead, P David ^c   Sills, Allen K ^a  

^a Department of Neurological Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Southern Impact Research Center LLC   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Concussion; Football; Helmet safety; Subdural hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE REPORT; FOOTBALL; HEAD INJURY; HELMET; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT SAFETY; QUALITY CONTROL; SPORT INJURY; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; ARACHNOID CYST; CAUTERIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCUSSION; CONSCIOUSNESS; EMERGENCY WARD; HEADACHE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETHARGY; NAUSEA; NEUROSURGERY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOOTBALL; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84891157143     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000355121     Document Type: Article

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