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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 Unpublished. 12/04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)

Frequency and location of head impact exposures in individual collegiate football players. Joseph Cricso, et al. Journal of Athletic Training. 45(6): 549-559;2010
Linear and angular head acceleration measurements in collegite football. Steven Rowson, et al. Journal of Biomechanics, 2009.
Measurement of head impacts in collegiate football players: An investigation of positional and event-type differences. Jason Milhalik, et al. Neurosurgery. 2007
Head impacts during high school football: A biomechanical analysis. Steven Broglio, et al. Journal of Athletic Training. 44(4): 342-349; 2007.
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, Bob Colgate. 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.
The National Football Head and Neck Registry: 14 Year Report on Cervical Quadriplegia 1971-1984. JS Torg, et al. JAMA. 1985
The National Football Head and Neck Registry: Report and Conclusions 1978: JS Torg, et al. JAMA. 1979
Spinal Injury at the Level of the of the Third and Fourth Cervical Vertebrae from Football: JS Torg, et al. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 1977.
Nonfatal Cervical Spine Injuries in Interscholastic Football. JP Albright, et al. JAMA. 1976