Impact of wearing a helmet on the risk of hospitalization and intracranial haemorrhage after a sports injury.
CONCLUSIONS: Results suggest that, in recreational athletes who sustain a head injury, helmet use is associated with a reduced risk of hospitalization (all sports) and intracranial haemorrhage (cyclists).
PMID: 30234396 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Brain Injury - Category: Neurology Tags: Brain Inj Source Type: research
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