...Darrin Richards; Michael Carhart; Irving Scher; Reed Thomas; Natalie Hurlen A study by Nakaguchi and Tsutsumi [“Mechanisms of Snowboarding-Related Severe Head Injury: Shear Strain Induced by the Opposite-Edge Phenomenon,” J. Neurosurg, Vol. 97, 2002, pp. 542–548] showed that 68 % of all...

...Irving Scher; Darrin Richards; Michael Carhart; Reed Thomas; Natalie Hurlen; Tack Lam The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reported in 1999 that head injuries represent approximately 14 % of all skiing and snowboarding injuries. Cadman and Macnab showed that children were twice as likely...

...I Scher, Ph.D. P.E.; D Richards, P.Eng.; M Carhart, Ph.D. According to a 1999 report by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, head injuries represent approximately 14 % of all skiing and snowboarding injuries. In a recent retrospective study of patients treated for snowboarding-related head...