Prediction of cervical spine injury risk for the 6-year-old child in frontal crashes

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 206-213

  Sherwood, C P ^a   Shaw, C G ^a   Van Rooij, L ^a   Kent, R W ^a   Crandall, J R ^a   Orzechowski, K M ^b   Eichelberger, M R ^b   Kallieris, D ^c  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Booster; Cervical; Child; Neck; Spine; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; BACK; BODY MOVEMENT; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; COMPUTER MODEL; FORCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK INJURY; PREDICTION; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAT; SEATBELT; SPINE INJURY; THORAX; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; HUMANS; INFANT EQUIPMENT; MANIKINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION; NECK INJURIES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0141649516     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580309885     Document Type: Article

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