Analysis of Force-Limiting Capabilities of Football Neck Collars

The purpose of this study was to examine football neck collars and determine their effectiveness at preventing transient brachial plexopathy and other neck injuries due to football impacts. Transient brachial plexopathy, commonly called a stinger or burner, is an injury to the brachial plexus. As...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McNeely, David Eugene
Other Authors: Biomedical Engineering and Sciences
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42501
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05052006-141226/