Biomechanical simulations of forward fall arrests: Effects of upper extremity arrest strategy, gender and aging-related declines in muscle strength

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 413-420

  DeGoede, Kurt M ^a,b   Ashton Miller, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Falls; Impact; Injury; Simulation; Upper extremity

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; MUSCLE;

MUSCULAR STRENGTH;

BIOMECHANICS;

AGING; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRENGTH; COLLES FRACTURE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELBOW; FALLING; FOREARM; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; WRIST FRACTURE;

EID: 0037367410     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(02)00396-2     Document Type: Article

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