Who Is Keeping Score: The Effect of a Mercy Rule on Head Impact Rates in Canadian High School Tackle Football Games
Given the concerns for potential long-term consequences of repetitive head impacts, the MR is a prevention strategy by which head impact rates can be significantly lowered when a significant score differential exists.
Authors
- Reid A. Syrydiuk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9066-9821)
- Brent Hagel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5530-0639)
- Martin Mrázik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4653-4636)
- Ash T Kolstad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2994-9880)
- Mark Patrick Pankow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2343-1893)
- Christopher R. Dennison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5202-4774)
- Carolyn Emery
Institutions
- University of Alberta (CA)
- University of Calgary (CA)
- University of Victoria (CA)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Alberta Children's Hospital (CA)
- Michigan United (US)
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute (CA)
- Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine
- Published
- 2025-03-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/jsm.0000000000001345
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.35