The effect of visual and sensory performance on head impact biomechanics in college football players

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-10

  Harpham, Jacqueline A ^a   Mihalik, Jason P ^a,b   Littleton, Ashley C ^a   Frank, Barnett S ^a   Guskiewicz, Kevin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Concussion; Football; Injury prevention; Kinematics; Mild traumatic brain injury; Sports biomechanics; Vision

Indexed keywords

CONCUSSION; ENVIRONMENTAL CUES; FOOTBALL; FOOTBALL PLAYERS; INJURY PREVENTION; MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES; PREVENTION STRATEGIES; VISUAL SENSORY;

BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN; KINEMATICS; SPORTS MEDICINE; VISION;

SPORTS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN CONCUSSION; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; REACTION TIME; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY CORTEX; SPORTS AND SPORT RELATED PHENOMENA; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84896698641     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-013-0881-8     Document Type: Article

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