Head impact exposure in youth football: Elementary school ages 9-12 years and the effect of practice structure

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2463-2473

  Cobb, Bryan R ^a   Urban, Jillian E ^a,b   Davenport, Elizabeth M ^a,b   Rowson, Steven ^a   Duma, Stefan M ^a   Maldjian, Joseph A ^a,b   Whitlow, Christopher T ^b   Powers, Alexander K ^b   Stitzel, Joel D ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Biomechanics; Brain injury; Children; Concussion; Helmet; Linear; Pediatrics; Rotational; Sports

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BIOMECHANICS; PEDIATRICS; SPORTS;

BRAIN INJURY; CHILDREN; CONCUSSION; HELMET; LINEAR; ROTATIONAL;

FOOTBALL;

ACCELEROMETER; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COLLEGE; FOOTBALL; GAME; HELMET; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPORT INJURY;

ACCELERATION; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FOOTBALL; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; ROTATION; TELEMETRY;

EID: 84896689288     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-013-0867-6     Document Type: Article

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