Muscle Tetanus and Loading Condition Effects on the Elastic and Viscous Characteristics of the Thorax

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 297-314

  Kent, Richard ^a,c   Bass, Cameron R ^a   Woods, William ^a   Sherwood, Christopher ^a   Madeley, N J ^a   Salzar, Robert ^a   Kitagawa, Yuichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NISSAN MOTOR CO   (Japan)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscle Tension; Restraint Systems; Thoracic Characteristics; Thoracic Models; Thorax

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; FORCE; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; RISK FACTOR; THORAX DEFORMITY; VISCOSITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0347518898     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714040488     Document Type: Article

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