What is it about?
This article reviews the single-strap versus a multi-strap fixation system for college hockey players.
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Why is it important?
This article is important because it demonstrates that college hockey players who rely on the single-strap, versus the multipoint fixation strap, have a higher rate of having the helmet ride back on their face and sustaining mandible fractures and facial lacerations.
Perspectives
Overall, this article demonstrates that face mask protect ice hockey players from injury. In addition, it notes that athletes who have a multipoint fixation system for their chin straps have a lower incidence of facial lacerations and mandible fractures.
Dr Robert F LaPrade
Steadman Philippon Research Institute
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This page is a summary of: The Single Strap Helmet Fixation System in Intercollegiate Ice Hockey: A Source of Variable Face Protection, ASTM International,
DOI: 10.1520/stp15234s.
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