The impact performance of headguards for combat sports

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 1113-1117

  McIntosh, Andrew S ^a,b   Patton, Declan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b McIntosh Consultancy and Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BIOMECHANICS; BOXING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HELMET; HUMAN; PROTECTIVE GLOVE; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; STANDARDS;

ACCELERATION; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BOXING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; SPORTS EQUIPMENT;

EID: 84942830091     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2015-095093     Document Type: Article

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