Correlation between neck injury risk and impact severity parameters in low-Speed side collisions

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 2404-2409

  Kettler, Annette ^a   Fruth, Kai ^a   Hartwig, Erich ^a   Claes, Lutz ^a   Wilke, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cervical spine; Impact severity; In vitro experiment; Injury criterion; Whiplash trauma

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; HUMAN; NECK INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; JOINT CAPSULE; MALE; MOTION; NECK INJURIES; RISK; RUPTURE; SPINAL INJURIES; WHIPLASH INJURIES; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 14844348968     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000143662.48366.60     Document Type: Article

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