Influence of seat characteristics on occupant motion in low-speed rear impacts

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 243-250

  Watanabe, Yoichi ^a   Ichikawa, Hideaki ^a   Kayama, Osamu ^b   Ono, Koshiro ^c   Kaneoka, Koji ^d   Inami, Satoshi ^e  

^a Nissan Research Center   (Japan)

^b Restraints Syst Development Section   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d TOKYO KOSEI NENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER SIMULATORS; RISK PERCEPTION;

HEAD RESTRAINT; REAR IMPACTS; WHIPLASH;

HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; HEAD MOVEMENT; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; MANIKINS; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 0034144708     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(99)00082-2     Document Type: Article

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