Woodpeckers don't play football: implications for novel brain protection devices using mild jugular compression

Br J Sports Med. 2019 Oct;53(20):1262-1263. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2018-099594. Epub 2018 Oct 26.

James M Smoliga¹, Lizhen Wang^{2

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¹ Department of Physical Therapy, High Point University, High Point, North Carolina, USA.
² Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China.
³ The Wallace H Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

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Keywords: American football; biology; biomechanics; concussion; ecology.

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