print email comment close National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research URL: http://www.unc.edu/depts/nccsi/ Description: This research center at the University of North Carolina "collects and disseminates death and permanent disability sports injury data that involve brain and/or spinal cord injuries." The center's website features annual reports and data on catastrophic sports injuries, with an emphasis on football injuries. The center's general annual report includes a "Special Section on Cheerleading" with samples of cheerleading injuries. Publisher: National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library of Congress Subject Headings: Brain -- Wounds and injuries Spinal cord -- Wounds and injuries Sports injuries LII Database Information: Record 20030 created by Jennifer English on 12/12/2005 Last modification on 01/04/2006 Published: 01/05/2006   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/20030