ASTM STP 1446 Safety in Ice Hockey: Fourth Volume
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This STP contains a collection of research papers presented at the Fourth Symposium on Ice Hockey held in May of 2002 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in conjunction with the standards development meetings of Committee F08. The objective of the symposium and corresponding publications was to review the current state-of-the-art and science of ice hockey injury prevention.
The papers in the STP are organized into four general categories:
- Measures of Injury
- Head Protection and Concussions
- Sportsmanship and Social Issues
- Training and Performance Measurement
- The papers contained address a diverse range of topics from the fields of
- sports science
- sports medicine
- athletic training
- biomechanics
- risk factor management
- epidemiology
- sports psychology
- injury surveillance
- sports equipment standards
- physical conditioning
- behavioral factors in sports
- national sports governing bodies
- playing facilities
- officiating
- playing rules
Papers included in the publication cover strategies of injury prevention including protective equipment, different approaches to managing conduct of players, coaches and parents, and better implementation of training and conditioning.
The content of this publication provides useful information to coaches, trainers, and others involved with professional and recreational hockey.