@article{ref1,
title="Collegiate athletes opinions regarding helmet use while riding scooters or mopeds",
journal="Journal of American college health",
year="2020",
author="Olewinski, Luci and Brooks, Margaret Alison and Wilson, John and Heidel, R. Eric and Watson, Andrew",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Many collegiate athletes use scooters and mopeds for transportation, and they are at greater risk for head injury without helmets. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: Investigate college athletes' reasons for wearing/not wearing helmets while riding a scooter or moped. Participants, Methods: 125 Division I athletes across five teams (two with helmet mandates) completed a cross sectional survey on rates and attitudes about helmet use on scooters or mopeds. <br><br>RESULTS: Helmet use on mandated vs non-mandated teams was 100% vs 3.6% (OR 1141; 95% CI 56.97, 22,850). For the question, &quot;if you do not wear a helmet, what might make you change your mind and wear one?&quot;, players most commonly wrote in a law or coaches' rule (57%). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: A coach's rule is associated with a higher rate of helmet use in collegiate athletes, and athletes primarily report a rule or law as the reason they would wear a helmet on a scooter or moped.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0744-8481",
doi="10.1080/07448481.2020.1841773",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2020.1841773"
}