Biomechanics of cervical spine injuries in rear end car impacts: Influence of car seats and possible evaluation criteria

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 127-140

  Hell, Wolfram ^a   Schick, Sylvia ^a   Langwieder, Klaus ^a   Zellmer, Harald ^b  

^a Institute for Vehicle Safety   (Germany)

^b Autoliv Germany   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accident Analysis; Biomechanics; Rear End Impacts; Seats; Sled Tests; Volunteers; Whiplash

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJURY SCALE; MALE; MYALGIA; NECK INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EID: 0036615918     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580212000     Document Type: Article

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