@article{ref1,
title="Helmet fit and cervical spine motion in collegiate men's lacrosse athletes secured to a spine board",
journal="Journal of athletic training",
year="2010",
author="Petschauer, Meredith A. and Schmitz, Randy and Gill, Diane L.",
volume="45",
number="3",
pages="215-221",
abstract="CONTEXT: Proper management of cervical spine injuries in men's lacrosse players depends in part upon the ability of the helmet to immobilize the head. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: To determine if properly and improperly fitted lacrosse helmets provide adequate stabilization of the head in the spine-boarded athlete. <br><br>DESIGN: Crossover study. SETTING: Sports medicine research laboratory. PATIENTS OR OTHER PARTICIPANTS: Eighteen healthy collegiate men's lacrosse players. INTERVENTION(S): Participants were asked to move their heads through 3 planes of motion after being secured to a spine board under 3 helmet conditions. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Change in range of motion in the cervical spine was calculated for the sagittal, frontal, and transverse planes for both head-to-thorax and helmet-to-thorax range of motion in all 3 helmet conditions (properly fitted, improperly fitted, and no helmet). <br><br>RESULTS: Head-to-thorax range of motion with the properly fitted and improperly fitted helmets was greater than in the no-helmet condition (P <.0001). In the sagittal plane, range of motion was greater with the improperly fitted helmet than with the properly fitted helmet. No difference was observed in helmet-to-thorax range of motion between properly and improperly fitted helmet conditions. Head-to-thorax range of motion was greater than helmet-to-thorax range of motion in all 3 planes (P <.0001). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Cervical spine motion was minimized the most in the no-helmet condition, indicating that in lacrosse players, unlike American football players, the helmet may need to be removed before stabilization.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1062-6050",
doi="10.4085/1062-6050-45.3.215",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4085/1062-6050-45.3.215"
}