Effectiveness of helmets in skiers and snowboarders: case-control and case crossover study
BMJPublished 4 January 2005Open access
Brent Hagel, I B Pless, Claude Goulet, Robert W. Platt, Yvonne Robitaille
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Helets protect skiers and snowboarders against head injuries and cannot rule out the possibility of an increased risk of neck injury with helmet use, but the estimates on which this assumption is based are imprecise.
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Helmets protect skiers and snowboarders against head injuries. We cannot rule out the possibility of an increased risk of neck injury with helmet use, but the estimates on which this assumption is based are imprecise.
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