Force attenuation in trochanteric soft tissues during impact from a fall

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 956-962

  Robinovitch, Stephen N ^a   McMahon, Thomas A ^b   Hayes, Wilson C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FORCE MEASUREMENT; IMPACT TESTING; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LOADS (FORCES); TISSUE;

BODY MASS INDEX; OBESITY; TROCHANTERIC SOFT TISSUES;

ORTHOPEDICS;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; SOFT TISSUE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HIP; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0029411328     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.1100130621     Document Type: Article

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