Head-Down Contact in Football -JonHeck.Com Research Articles Head's Up DVD News Releases & Articles 'NCAA News' History Penalty Data Helmet Contact Penalties Prevention Tips Commentary Photographs About Head-Down Home JonHeck.com   Published Research Survey of NCAA Division 1 Football Officials Regarding the Helmet-Contact Penalties. Jon Heck. Unpublished. 12/04 Coaches Can Reduce the Risk of Neck Injuries. Jon Heck. The Extra Point: Football Forum. AFCA. September/October:13&17;2004 National Athletic Trainers' Association Position Statement: Head-Down Contact and Spearing in Tackle Football. Jon Heck, Casey Clarke, Tom Peterson, Joe Torg, Mike Weis. Journal of Athletic Training. 39(1): 101-111;2004 Re-Examing Spearing: The incidence of cervical spine injury hides the risks. Jon Heck. American Football Coach. 5(8):52-54;1999. Preventing Catastrophic Head and Neck Injuries in Football. Jon Heck. From the Gym to the Jury. 10(1): 7;1998. The State of Spearing in Football: Incidence of Cervical Spine Injuries Doesn't Indicate the Risks. Jon Heck. Sports Medicine Update. 13(2): 4-7;1998. The Incidence of Spearing During a High School's 1975 and 1990 Football Seasons. Jon Heck. Journal of Athletic Training. 31: 31-37; 1996. A Survey of New Jersey High School Football Officials Regarding Spearing Rules. Jon Heck. Journal of Athletic Training. 30:63-68; 1995. The Incidence of Spearing by Ball-Carriers and Their Tacklers During a High School Football Season. Jon Heck. In Head and Neck Injuries in Sports (book). ASTM; Philadelphia, PA; 239-248; 1994. Minimizing Liability Risks of Head and Neck Injuries in Football. Jon Heck, Mike Weis, Jim Gartland, & C. Weis. Journal of Athletic Training. 29: 128-139; 1994 An Analysis of Football's Spearing Rules. Jon Heck. The Sideliner: Journal of the ATSNJ. 9: 8-9,15; 1993. The Incidence of Spearing by High School Football Ball-Carriers and Their Tacklers. Jon Heck. Journal of Athletic Training. 27: 120-124;1992 Published Research by Others (and Available on the Web) Sports related concussion and spinal injuries: the need for changing spearing rules at the National Capital Amateur Football Association (NCAFA). Jacques Pellatier. J Can Chiropr Assoc. 2006 Annual Survey of Catastrophic Football Injuries 1977-2006. Fred Mueller & Robert Cantu. National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research. 2007 Annual Survey of Football Injury Research 1931 - 2006. Fred Mueller, Jerry Diehl. National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research. 2007 Cervical Spine Functional Anatomy and the Biomechanics of Injury Due to Compressive Loading. Eric Swartz, et al. Journal of Athletic Training. 2005 Cervical Spine Injuries in Sports. Andrew Sama, et al. emedicine.com. 2005 News Briefs: NCAA Toughens Spearing Ban. The Physician and Sportsmedicine. 2005 Injuries to the Cervical Spine in Americna Football Players. Joe Torg, et al. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 2002 Catastrophic Head Injuries in High School and College Sports. Fred Mueller. Journal of Athletic Training. 2001 Will New Helmet Features Reduce Football Injuries? Lisa Schnerring. The Physician and Sportsmedicine. November 2000. Fatalities and Catastrophic Injuries in High School and College Sports, 1982-1997. Robert Cantu, Fred Mueller. The Physician and Sportsmedicine.1999 Fracture of the First Cervical Vertebrae in a High School Football Player: A Case Report. Tim Trupiano, et al. Journal of Athletic Training. 1997 High School Football-Related Cervical Spinal Cord Inuries in Louisiana: The Athlete's Perspective. David Lawrence, et al. Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society. 1996 Current Trends Football-Related Spinal Cord Injuries Among High School Players -- Louisiana, 1989. MMWR, 1990.