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Prehospital Emergency Removal of Football Helmets Using Two Techniques

Erik E. Swartz From the Department of Kinesiology (EES, CR), University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire; the Department of Athletics (AEH), Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts; the New Hampshire Musculoskeletal Institute (LCD, MFB), Manchester, New Hampshire; and the Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center (JPM), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.Correspondence[email protected]
, PhD, ATC,
Adam E. Hernandez From the Department of Kinesiology (EES, CR), University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire; the Department of Athletics (AEH), Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts; the New Hampshire Musculoskeletal Institute (LCD, MFB), Manchester, New Hampshire; and the Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center (JPM), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
, MS, ATC,
Laura C. Decoster From the Department of Kinesiology (EES, CR), University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire; the Department of Athletics (AEH), Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts; the New Hampshire Musculoskeletal Institute (LCD, MFB), Manchester, New Hampshire; and the Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center (JPM), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
, ATC,
Jason P. Mihalik From the Department of Kinesiology (EES, CR), University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire; the Department of Athletics (AEH), Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts; the New Hampshire Musculoskeletal Institute (LCD, MFB), Manchester, New Hampshire; and the Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center (JPM), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
, PhD, CAT(C), ATC,
Matthew F. Burns From the Department of Kinesiology (EES, CR), University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire; the Department of Athletics (AEH), Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts; the New Hampshire Musculoskeletal Institute (LCD, MFB), Manchester, New Hampshire; and the Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center (JPM), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.Correspondence[email protected]
, ATC &
Cathryn Reynolds From the Department of Kinesiology (EES, CR), University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire; the Department of Athletics (AEH), Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts; the New Hampshire Musculoskeletal Institute (LCD, MFB), Manchester, New Hampshire; and the Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center (JPM), the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Pages 166-174 | Received 28 Oct 2010, Accepted 28 Oct 2010, Published online: 04 Feb 2011

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