Wheelchair integrated occupant restraints: Feasibility in frontal impact

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 687-698

  VanRoosmalen, Linda ^a,b   Bertocci, Gina E ^a   Ha, DongRan ^a   Karg, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Impact; Injury; Integrated restraint; Lap belt; Occupant restraint; Seating; Shoulder belt; Sled impact; Transportation safety; Upper torso; Wheelchair

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AUTOMOBILE SEATS; BELTS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; KINEMATICS;

MOTOR VEHICLES;

WHEELCHAIRS;

ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEAD INJURY; KINEMATICS; MOTOR VEHICLE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEAT; SEATBELT; STERNUM; TRUNK; VELOCITY; WHEELCHAIR;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MOTOR VEHICLES; SEAT BELTS; TRANSPORTATION; WHEELCHAIRS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0035697903     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(01)00082-0     Document Type: Article

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