Dynamic models for sideways falls from standing height

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 309-318

  van den Kroonenberg, A J ^a   Hayes, W C ^a   McMahon, T A ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CALCULATIONS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DYNAMICS; ESTIMATION; FRACTURE; KINEMATICS; MODELS; STIFFNESS; TISSUE;

FALL MECHANICS; GREATER TROCHANTER; HIP FRACTURE; HIP IMPACT VELOCITY; IMPACT FORCE; TOTAL MECHANICAL ENERGY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; DYNAMICS; HIP FRACTURE; MEMBRANE MODEL; NONHUMAN; STANDING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; BIOMECHANICS; HIP; HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POSTURE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0029347592     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2794186     Document Type: Article

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