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Policy change eliminating body checking in non-elite ice hockey leads to a threefold reduction in injury and concussion risk in 11- and 12-year-old players

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  • Amanda M Black Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Alison K Macpherson Faculty of Health, School of Kinesiology & Health Science, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Brent E Hagel Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Maria A Romiti Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Luz Palacios-Derflingher Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jian Kang Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Willem H Meeuwisse Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Carolyn A Emery Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Department of Pediatrics, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute for Child & Maternal Health, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Amanda M Black, Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Cananda T2N 1N4 ablack{at}ucalgary.ca
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Black AM, Macpherson AK, Hagel BE, et al
Policy change eliminating body checking in non-elite ice hockey leads to a threefold reduction in injury and concussion risk in 11- and 12-year-old players
British Journal of Sports Medicine 2016;50:55-61.

Publication history

  • Accepted November 13, 2015
  • First published December 23, 2015.
Online issue publication 
October 11, 2022

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