Neck Injury - Football

Development of a Pnt-football Helmet to Reduce Neck Loads and Head Injury Metrics in Football

INTRODUCTION Spinal cord injuries (SCIs) in football are rare but catastrophic events. The SCI incidence rate in the United States for high school, college, and professional football has been estimated as 0.52, 1.55, and 14 per 100,000 participants, respectively [1]. These injuries are very significant given the enormous economic and societal costs and the vastly diminished quality of life of t...

American football injury

Accepted for publication 7 June 1995 Abstract Posterior dislocation of the sternoclavicular joint is uncommon, accounting for less than 0-11% of all dislocations. Since 1824 a little more than 100 cases have been reported, and the majority in the past 20 years. A review of published reports suggests that this injury is seen particularly in connection with American football. A typical case is de...

Head and neck injuries in football (soccer)

Epidemiology Head injuries are estimated to comprise from 4% to 22% of the total injuries in football (Tysvaer, 1992; Powell and Barber-Foss, 1999; Kirkendall et al., 2001). While most of the research regarding head injuries in football has focused on concussions, more severe head injuries do occur. Injuries such as skull fractures and internal head injuries are too infrequent to study prospect...

Ward round--a football injury?

Introduction A boy aged 12 presented with pain in his left leg and inability to walk. He said that his symptoms started 6 months previously after a fall while playing football. He had increasing pain in his left leg and for the last 3 months he had a discharging sinus from his tibia. On examination he was apyrexial and appeared poorly nourished. Pulse was regular at 90, BP 110/70 mmHg, with nor...

Youth football: heat stress and injury risk.