Acute soft tissue neck injury from unexpected acceleration

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1085-1090

  Green, Nicholas D C ^a  

^a RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypergravity; Neck injuries

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AIRCRAFT; EVALUATION; FORCE; GRAVITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK INJURY; OPERATOR; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE INJURY;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; HUMANS; HYPERGRAVITY; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NECK INJURIES; POSTURE; RISK FACTORS; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES;

EID: 0141456019     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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