Whiplash injury: Vehicle, seat, occupant and tissue responses

Journal of Whiplash and Related Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 21-35

  Siegmund, Gunter P ^a,b  

^a MacInnis Engineering Associates   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Impact; Motor vehicles; Neck; Whiplash injury

Indexed keywords

CAR; CERVICAL SPINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEAT; TISSUE REACTION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WHIPLASH INJURY;

EID: 12744268389     PISSN: 15332888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J180v03n02_03     Document Type: Review

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